A motivational intervention, based on Marlatt and Gordon's (1985) relapse prevention model, was applied to patients participating in cardiac rehabilitation exercise programs. A total N of 41 subjects were recruited for the project, with 21 subjects receiving the motivational intervention and the remaining subjects receiving a benign educational component. / It was hypothesized that the motivational intervention would have a positive impact on adherence behavior. It was also expected that the motivational program would influence the psychological characteristics of self-motivation, self-efficacy, and internal health locus of control. / Subjects completed a set of questionnaires which included: Pre-participation Questionnaire, Self-motivation Inventory, Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scales, Cardiac Self-efficacy Scale, High risk situations, and a Post-participation Questionnaire. Attendance records were monitored to obtain adherence measures of overall adherence and adherence by target date. Subjects then participated in three individual sessions with the experimenter. / Results of a MANCOVA did not reveal any differences between groups on posttest measures of adherence, self-motivation, self-efficacy, and internal health locus of control. Separate ANCOVAs also failed to find significant differences between groups on high risk self-efficacy items. A discriminant analysis demonstrated that adherence by target date discriminated most between dropouts and adherers. Canonical correlations exhibited moderate correlations between the psychological measures and adherence measures. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-12, Section: B, page: 6441. / Major Professor: David Pargman. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1993.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77065 |
| Contributors | Ashe, Elizabeth Diane., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 212 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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