Using self-efficacy and intention to predict exercise compliance among patients with Ischemic heart disease

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The present study aims to test a social cognitive model based on self-efficacy and intention in predicting compliance to exercise in a Phase 2 cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program and to examine temporal patterns of self-efficacy in an 18-week exercise CR program. The need for scale congruence between the measures of self-efficacy, intention and objective measures of exercise behavior has been underscored by the findings.

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A psychological approach to the prediction and prevention of athletic injury

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The role of psychological factors like social support, type of coping, previous injury and effectiveness of a Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management (CBSM) were examined for prediction and prevention of sport related injury. It showed that psychological factors interacted together to maximize life stress and made athletes most vulnerable to injury, and CBSM programs helped in reducing the vulnerability to injury.

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Further examination of the factor integrity of the sport anxiety scale

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A study was conducted to provide evidence for the factor structure and composition of the Sport Anxiety Scale (SAS) using a sample of competitive male rugby players. The results revealed that the factor structure and composition of the SAS needs further examination and possible refinement before researchers could be more confident about the effectiveness of the instrument's psychometric properties.

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