Development and Evaluation of Stage-Matched Written Materials about Lifestyle and Structured Physical Activity
- 1 April 1995
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 80 (2) , 543-546
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1995.80.2.543
Abstract
Two sets of written materials about physical activity were developed, one promoting lifestyle exercise and the other promoting structured exercise. Both sets integrated the Transtheoretical Model of behavior-change concepts. Materials were evaluated by 8 women and 6 men (M age = 63.1 yr.) using a stratified (by gender) randomized group design. Participants evaluated the materials on 8 factors of a standardized instrument. Cronbach alpha was .97. No significant differences were found between the two sets of materials on the 8 factors evaluated. Effect size differences ranged from .16 to .84 (M =.46).Keywords
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