Abstract
Compared to women, men:
have a higher mortality rate
consistently die younger
are more susceptible to sedentary-lifestyle related diseases (e.g.,
cardiovascular disease)
are more likely to engage in behaviours that increase risk of injury,
disease, or death
are less likely to seek help with physical health.
Despite these statistics, the amount of literature devoted to women’s
health in the past two decades still greatly exceeds that devoted to men’s
health. The result is that we actually know very little about what influences
men’s health behaviours.
Introduction
We utilised the transtheoretical model of exercise behaviour change to determine
the pattern of exercise adoption in middle-aged men. We also analysed
whether this pattern was influenced by three potential barriers to
exercise: poor self-rated health, low levels of internal health locus of control,
and high perceived stress levels.
Hypotheses
Compared to participants in the last stage of change (maintenance), it was
hypothesised that participants in the first stage of exercise change
(precontemplation) would have:
lower self-efficacy
less concern over the pros of exercise
more concern over the cons of exercise
poorer self-rated health
higher levels of perceived stress
lower levels of internal health locus of control
[From Introduction]
Citation
Scientific Conference of the Australasian Society for Behavioural Health and Medicine, Melbourne, VIC, 2005
Date
2005-02-10
Publisher
The Author(s)