TY - JOUR
T1 - Care staff intentions to support adults with an intellectual disability to engage in physical activity: An application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour
AU - Martin, Emma
AU - McKenzie, Karen
AU - Newman, Emily
AU - Bowden, Keith
AU - Morris, Paul Graham
N1 - Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Researchers suggest that people with an intellectual disability (ID) undertake less physical activity than the general population and many rely, to some extent, on others to help them to access activities. The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) model was previously found to significantly predict the intention of care staff to facilitate a healthy diet in those they supported. The present study examined whether the TPB was useful in predicting the intentions of 78 Scottish care staff to support people with ID to engage in physical activity. Regression analyses indicated that perceived behavioural control was the most significant predictor of both care staff intention to facilitate physical activity and reported physical activity levels of the people they supported. Attitudes significantly predicted care staff intention to support physical activity, but this intention was not itself significantly predictive of reported activity levels. Increasing carers' sense of control over their ability to support clients' physical activity may be more effective in increasing physical activity than changing their attitudes towards promoting activity.
AB - Researchers suggest that people with an intellectual disability (ID) undertake less physical activity than the general population and many rely, to some extent, on others to help them to access activities. The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) model was previously found to significantly predict the intention of care staff to facilitate a healthy diet in those they supported. The present study examined whether the TPB was useful in predicting the intentions of 78 Scottish care staff to support people with ID to engage in physical activity. Regression analyses indicated that perceived behavioural control was the most significant predictor of both care staff intention to facilitate physical activity and reported physical activity levels of the people they supported. Attitudes significantly predicted care staff intention to support physical activity, but this intention was not itself significantly predictive of reported activity levels. Increasing carers' sense of control over their ability to support clients' physical activity may be more effective in increasing physical activity than changing their attitudes towards promoting activity.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80053630740&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.07.006
DO - 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.07.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 21803540
VL - 32
SP - 2535
EP - 2541
JO - Research in Developmental Disabilities
JF - Research in Developmental Disabilities
IS - 6
ER -