Physical activity, self-efficacy, and quality of life in older Czech adults

Jiri Mudrak (), Jan Stochl, Pavel Slepicka and Steriani Elavsky
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Jiri Mudrak: Charles University in Prague
Jan Stochl: Charles University in Prague
Pavel Slepicka: Charles University in Prague
Steriani Elavsky: The Pennsylvania State University

European Journal of Ageing, 2016, vol. 13, issue 1, No 2, 5-14

Abstract: Abstract Despite efforts to expand global physical activity (PA) surveillance data to include both low- and high-income countries worldwide, our understanding of the relationship between PA and quality of life (QOL) in older adults from culturally diverse backgrounds is limited. We tested McAuley’s social-cognitive model of the PA–QOL relationship in the cultural context of the Czech Republic, a post-communist central European country. A total of 546 older Czech adults (mean age 68 years) completed a battery of questionnaires assessing indicators of PA, self-efficacy, health status, and global QOL. A structural equation model was used to test the relationship between PA and QOL. The model hypothesized an indirect relationship between PA and QOL: PA predicted self-efficacy, which in turn predicted global QOL through mental and physical health status. The analyses indicated an acceptable fit of the proposed model, albeit with different emphases than those of studies from Western countries. Above all, we observed a stronger effect of PA on self-efficacy and a weaker mediating effect of health status on the PA–QOL relationship. Our findings supported the validity of McAuley’s PA–QOL social-cognitive model for a non-Western cultural context. However, it seems that self-efficacy and health status may influence the PA–QOL relationship in this population in a manner different from that proposed in McAuley’s model.

Keywords: Physical activity; Older adults; Self-efficacy; Quality of life; Health status; Social cognitive; Structural equation modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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