Kinesiology 2276F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Aerobic Exercise, Guided Imagery
28 Feb 2018
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Overall objective: conduct interventions investigating imagery"s impact on variables such as, self-efficacy (bandura, 97, exercise identity (strets & burke, 03) Participants in the imagery groups received one final guided imagery session targeting the designated type of se: results. Follow up: week 18 / week 36. Intervention: participants in the imagery group were provided with weekly scripted imagery sessions at the exercise venue during their first visit to the ehpl each week. The scripts were administered by audio recording and were about 5 minutes duration: the control participants were provided with weekly nutrition information unrelated to exercise identity, results, role identity. Intervention significantly higher than the controls at week 9 and eventually tapers off by week 18 and 36: discussion. Imagery group reported higher exercise identity at the post intervention assessment: higher exercise identity should have a positive effect on physical activity behaviour, need longer imagery intervention.
