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Relationships between Self-Talk Characteristics, Social Cognitive Constructs, and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Outcomes
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- Author / Creator
- Selzler, Anne-Marie
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Background: Exercise cognitions and beliefs are key associates of exercise behaviour. Self-talk is an intrapersonal communication system that may be a useful technique for studying exercise-related beliefs in pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) patients. The purpose of this research was to determine the relationships for self-talk, social-cognition, and clinical indicators in PR. Method: The following measures were assessed in 78 PR patients during the first two weeks of PR: the 6-minute walk test, St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire, Exercise Self-talk Questionnaire, Self-talk Function Scale, and Social-Cognitive Questionnaire. Results: Moderate correlations were found for self-talk, cognition, and clinical indicator relationships that varied by gender. Self-efficacy, perceived severity, perceived difficulty, and personal physical evaluation self-talk had the strongest relationships to cognitions, and clinical indicators. Conclusions: Self-talk is related to social-cognitive constructs, health status, lung function, and functional exercise capacity in PR patients. Gender differences may be due to functional ability differences or gendered socialization experiences.
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- Graduation date
- Spring 2013
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- Type of Item
- Thesis
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- Degree
- Master of Arts
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- License
- This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.