The Self-Efficacy and Body Awareness of Pilates Exercisers

• Main Authors: Ming-Tang Wen, 温明堂
• Other Authors: Shih-Chiung Lai
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/76658250576287263316

碩士 === 國立臺北護理健康大學 === 運動保健研究所 === 103 === Purpose: Based on the self-efficacy theory (Bandura, 1977) and body awareness of somatic (Hanna, 1988), the current study was produced to investigate the effects of the pain-relieve improving rate and exercising rate on Pilates exercisers’ self-efficacy and body awareness. Methods: Two hundred and fifty-seven participants were recruited from exercise centers, Pilates studios and rehabilitation clinics in Taipei city and New Taipei city. The independent variables included the pain-relieve improving rate and exercising rate, which the former has the “improved” and “no change” levels and the later has the “highest”, “sub-high”, “sub-low”, and “lowest” levels. The dependent variables included the questionnaire scores of self-efficacy, which based on four factors of self-efficacy (performance accomplishment, vicarious experience, persuasion, and emotional arousal) and body awareness, which based on six principles of Pilates (concentration, control, core, flow, precision, and breathing). Both questionnaires were successfully tested via the exploratory factor analysis and Cronbach’s α for validity and reliability, respectively. The independent samples t-test was applied to analyze the effect of pain-relieve improving rate and the one-way analysis of variance to the effect of exercising rate. Results: The results of this study were: (1) that Pilates exercisers with higher pain-relieve improving rate, their scores of self-efficacy and body awareness were significantly higher, (2) that Pilates exercisers with higher exercising rate, their scores of self-efficacy and body awareness were also significantly higher, and (3) that the pain-relieve improving rate had the higher predicition on both self-efficacy and body awareness. Conclusion: The Pilates exercisers may have better self-efficacy and body awareness due to the improvement of pain-relieve and more involvement in sports.