Lecture 17-Social support & self confidence

Question 1

Social support

Answer 1

At all stages of change, the people in our social network can influence how we think and feel about exercise and our actual behaviour
- resources given by other people

Question 2

Comfort, care assistance and information provided by others. Plays a more significant role after…..

Answer 2

-Plays a more significant role after an intention is formed

Question 3

Social support is different to social pressures;

Answer 3

contributes to sense of relatedness

Question 4

Who provides social support

Answer 4

Doctor
Concealer
Work mates (people around you, your friends)
Wade
There were kids and family and some wifes

Question 5

What support do they provide?

Answer 5

Online (sign up to gym and programs)
The work mates provide the relatedness (hes not alone)
- You are able to share what’s gone on in your life
- Positive encouragement
Mentally and physically fit
Come to work a much happier person
Wad is helping his group of work mates to assist them to be active

Question 6

Types of social support (4 categories)

Answer 6

-Practical assistance
-Expression of encouragement, care, empathy
-Directions, advice, suggestions on exercising
-Information used to gauge progress, bolster confidence

Question 7

Type of support provided is more important than the …..

Answer 7

amount of support you have

Question 8

Social support also increases PA

Answer 8

indirectly through increased self efficacy

Question 9

Self efficacy

Answer 9

Perception of my ability to exercise and achieve a particular outcome (be successful)
- Not about actual ability but beliefs about capability

Question 10

There is a very strong relationship between change in self efficacy and change

Answer 10

in PA (r=.71) and PA maintenance

Question 11

Task self efficacy

Answer 11

The confidence to perform the essential aspects of a task (e.g walk for 20 min at mod intensity)

Question 12

Self regulatory self efficacy

Answer 12

The confidence to schedule exercise, stick to exercise plans, and overcome barriers.

Question 13

By learning we we create

Answer 13

confidence and motivation

Question 14

I am 100% confident I can because….

Answer 14

• Positive feedback that you are getting from other people
  
  • Seeing other people perform tasks gives us the confident to know that we can also do that same task
  • How you feel during that task will also give you the confidence that you feel toward that task (how you feel and respond physiologically to a task will give you confidence)

Question 15

You can build self-efficacy through

Answer 15

Recalling previous accomplishments

Question 16

Recalling previous accomplishments
What has been achieved in the past? In terms of:

Answer 16

-Actual PA
-Overcoming barriers
-Scheduling time to fit PA in

Question 17

Through creating new accomplishments

Answer 17

-Setting mastery goals which provide optimal challenge
-Record/recognise goal achievement and celebrate what that mean in terms of self efficacy
-Continue to build on them

Question 18

Four points to building self efficacy

Answer 18

-Through recalling previous accomplishments
-Through creating new accomplishments
-Through positive feedback
-Through seeing other people do it

Question 19

Through positive feedback

Answer 19

• Positive feedback from your support network- specific not general
• Reminding yourself you can do it- positive self statements

Question 20

Through seeing other people doing it (vicarious experiences)

Answer 20

-Highlight successes of people who had similar characteristics
-Links to positive subjective norm
-Strong reason why exercise groups are so successful
-Image yourself being successful

Question 21

Understanding the psychology behind behaviour change

Answer 21

Motivational phase (create intention)-> Volitional phase (turns intention into action)

Closing the intention behaviour gap

Question 22

motivating action and maintenance

Answer 22

-Social support
-Building autonomous motivation
-Achievement of outcome expectations
-Self efficacy
-Focus on creating a +ve exercise experience
-Make exercise a priority…..