The purpose of this study was to examine what happens to goals over the course of a physical activity counseling trial in older veterans. At baseline, participants (N = 313) identified 1 health-related goal and 1 walking goal for their participation in the study and rated where they perceived themselves to be relative to that goal at the current time. They rated their current status on these same goals again at 6 and 12 mo. Growth-curve analyses were used to examine longitudinal change in perceived goal status. Although both the intervention and control groups demonstrated improvement in their perceived proximity to their health-related and walking goals (L = 1.19, p < .001), the rates of change were significantly greater in the intervention group (β = –.30, p < .05). Our results demonstrate that this physical activity counseling intervention had a positive impact on self-selected goals over the course of the intervention.
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Individual Progress Toward Self-Selected Goals Among Older Adults Enrolled in a Physical Activity Counseling Intervention
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Maintenance of Exercise Habit and Its Impact on Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Previously Sedentary People: A 7-Year Follow-Up
Sabrina Masotti, Erica Menegatti, Valentina Zerbini, Andrea Raisi, Tommaso Piva, Martina Morelli, Rosario Lordi, Giovanni Grazzi, Gianni Mazzoni, and Simona Mandini
least within the next 6 months. Traditionally, structured lifestyle interventions utilize group or individual education, behavior change techniques, self-monitoring, the provision of written information materials, and/or telephone counseling. Interventions utilizing these methods have shown to be
mHealth-Supported Interventions With Potential to Address Sedentary Behavior in Older Adults: A Scoping Review
Stacey L. Schepens Niemiec, Britney Cariño, Amy J. Chatfield, and Kristina Quan
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Feasibility of a Virtual Health-Promoting Intervention (Choose to Move) for Older Adults: A Rapid Adaptation in Response to COVID-19
Samantha M. Gray, Lindsay Nettlefold, Dawn Mackey, Joanie Sims Gould, and Heather A. McKay
–79 years is 68.5 (26.4) ( Garratt & Stavem, 2017 ). There are no normative values for the MAT-sf perception of mobility measure as it is a newer, video-based tool ( Rejeski et al., 2010 , 2015 ). However, a recent feasibility study of a physical activity counseling intervention in 59 older adults (65
