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Effects Of Self-Monitoring And Social Support On Exercise Adherence, Dominic Cauteruccio
Effects Of Self-Monitoring And Social Support On Exercise Adherence, Dominic Cauteruccio
Honors Projects in Applied Psychology
The purpose of this study was to look at the effects of self-monitoring and social support on minutes of exercise per week. Specifically, self-monitoring examined whether self-monitoring and self-monitoring in combination with social support would increase minutes of exercise over a four week period. The study was four weeks long, with participants randomly assigned into three groups: a control group (group 1), a self-monitoring group (group 2), and a self-monitoring plus social support group (group 3). Exercise time was measured using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), and social support was measured using the Inventory of Socially Supportive Behaviors (ISSB). …