| Type of Document |
Dissertation |
| Author |
Stith, Dettrick Lamont
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| Author's Email Address |
dstith@vt.edu |
| URN |
etd-03182006-195546 |
| Title |
Time Commitment, Self-Efficacy, Social Environment and the Physical Activity Participation of Selected Hypertensive African Americans
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| Degree |
PhD |
| Department |
Educational Cirriculum and Instruction (Health Promotion) |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Redican, Kerry J. |
Committee Chair |
| Brown, Michael D. |
Committee Member |
| Burton, John K. |
Committee Member |
| Jones, Russell T. |
Committee Member |
| Sanders, Reliford T. Jr. |
Committee Member |
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| Keywords |
- cardiovascular disease
- obesity
- body mass index
- exercise
- minorities
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| Date of Defense |
2006-02-17 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate time commitment, self-efficacy and social environment as it relates to physical activity in a selected sample of hypertensive African Americans. In addition, this study focused on identifying additional research areas in regards to hypertensive African Americans. This study utilized a quantitative method for data collection. The survey instrument utilized contained the following subtopics: (1) demographics;(2)hypertension risk factors;(3) prevention and treatment;(4)hypertension knowledge, and (5)physical activity participation.
Data collected did not support the hypotheses or information contained in the review of literature. It was revealed from data collection that 69% of the respondents (n=90) disagreed with the survey statement that “exercise takes too much of my time (time commitment).” Fifty-two percent of the respondents (n=68) either disagreed or strongly disagreed with the statement “exercise tires me (self-efficacy belief).” Forty-three percent of the respondents (n=56) disagreed with the statement “my spouse (or significant other) does not encourage exercise.”
There is a need for future investigation to examine how additional barriers to physical effect activity African Americans individually, and is there a culmination of specific barriers to physical activity that work in conjunction to inhibit African Americans to engage in physical activity.
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