Health Locus of Control Predicts Free-living, but Not Supervised, Physical Activity: A Test of Exercise-Specific Control and Outcome-Expectancy Hypotheses.

Dishman, Rod K.; Steinhardt, Mary

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Publication Date: 1990

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Health Locus of Control Predicts Free-living, but Not Supervised, Physical Activity: A Test of Exercise-Specific Control and Outcome-Expectancy Hypotheses.

Dishman, Rod K.; Steinhardt, Mary

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, v61 n4 p383-94 Dec 1990

Discusses a study that compared internal health locus of control (IHLOC) with internal exercise locus of control for predicting college students' activity. Results indicate an independent influence of IHLOC on free-living physical activity and suggest that testing adjust for fitness, barriers to physical activity, and outcome-expectancy values. (SM)

Descriptors: College Students, Exercise, Health Promotion, Individual Power, Locus of Control, Perception Tests, Perceptual Development, Physical Activity Level, Physical Fitness, Running, Self Concept, Self Control

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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