Table 1.
Internal consistency (alpha) of ESES items.
| ESES Items: I am confident | Alpha for Scale .9269 Alpha if Item deleted (n = 368) |
Alpha for Scale .8700 Apha if Item deleted (n = 53) | Mean (n = 368) |
SD (n = 368) |
| • that I can overcome barriers and challenges with regard to physical activity and exercise if I try hard enough (ES1) | .9234 | .863 | 3.2582 | .8027 |
| • that I can find means and ways to be physically active and exercise (ES2) | . 9153 | .850 | 3.3533 | .8450 |
| • that I can accomplish my physical activity and exercise goals that I set (ES3) | .9167 | .855 | 3.1739 | .8268 |
| • that when I am confronted with a barrier to physical activity or exercise I can find several solutions to overcome this barrier (ES4) | .9174 | .853 | 3.1359 | .8073 |
| • that I can be physically active or exercise even when I am tired (ES5) | .9192 | .856 | 2.8152 | .8881 |
| • that I can be physically active or exercise even when I am feeling depressed (ES6) | .9216 | .866 | 2.9918 | .9116 |
| • that I can be physically active or exercise even without the support of my family or friends (ES7) | .9189 | .851 | 3.2092 | .9666 |
| • that I can be physically active or exercise without the help of a therapist or trainer (ES8) | .9221 | .857 | 3.2989 | .9470 |
| • that I can motivate myself to start being physically active or exercising again after I've stopped for a while (ES9) | .9162 | .857 | 3.2880 | .8912 |
| • that I can be physically active or exercise even if I had no access to a gym, exercise, training, or rehabilitation facility (ES10) | .9231 | .868 | 3.2446 | .9367 |