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ERIC Number: EJ742629
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 11
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0895-8017
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Attitudinal and Psychosocial Outcomes of a Fitness and Health Education Program on Adults with Down Syndrome
Heller, Tamar; Hsieh, Kelly; Rimmer, James H.
American Journal on Mental Retardation, v109 n2 p175-185 2004
Attitudinal and psychosocial outcomes of a fitness and health education program for adults with Down syndrome were examined. Participants were 53 adults with Down syndrome ages 30 years and older (29 females, 24 males, M age = 39.72 years) who were randomized into a training (n = 32) or control group (n = 21). The training group participated in a 12-week, 3 days per week, exercise and health education program. Outcome measures included attitudes towards exercise (cognitive-emotional barriers, outcomes expectations, and performance self-efficacy) and psychosocial well-being (community integration, depression, and life satisfaction). Compared to controls, the training group showed significant changes in attitudes towards exercise, including increased exercise self-efficacy, more positive expected outcomes, fewer cognitive-emotional barriers, improved life satisfaction, and marginally lower depression.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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