Table 3.
Associations Between Minutes of Weekly Physical Activity and Participants’ Exercise Beliefs (N = 61)a
| Variable | Caucasian (n = 30) |
African American (n = 20) |
Hispanic/Latina (n = 11) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spearman’s Rho | p | Spearman’s Rho | p | Spearman’s Rho | p | |
| Total exercise self-efficacy Exercise self-efficacy items | 0.32 | 0.08 | 0.31 | 0.18 | 0.47 | 0.2 |
| Exercise when worried | 0.37 | 0.05* | 0.4 | 0.08 | 0.38 | 0.32 |
| Exercise when depressed | 0.24 | 0.21 | 0.33 | 0.15 | 0.34 | 0.37 |
| Exercise when tense | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.08 | 0.62 | 0.07 |
| Exercise when tired | 0.11 | 0.57 | 0.21 | 0.37 | 0.61 | 0.08 |
| Exercise when busy | 0.49 | 0*** | 0.21 | 0.38 | 0.28 | 0.46 |
| Total exercise barriers | −0.23 | 0.26 | −0.39 | 0.11 | −1 | 0.01** |
| Total exercise benefits | −0.05 | 0.79 | −0.16 | 0.55 | 0.36 | 0.43 |
p ≤ 0.05
p = 0.01
p < 0.01
Of the 65 total participants, four did not complete the questionnaire.