Trial reportJournal of behavioral medicine1999
Group cohesion in older adult exercisers: prediction and intervention effects.
Trial report in Journal of behavioral medicine, 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.
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42 citing papers in PubMed.
- Motivating Adherence to Exercise Plans Through a Personalized Mobile Health App: Enhanced Action Design Research Approach.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Trial
- Group or individual lifestyle-integrated functional exercise (LiFE)? A qualitative analysis of acceptability.BMC geriatrics · 2021Trial
- Use of an Integrated Research-Practice Partnership to Improve Outcomes of a Community-Based Strength-Training Program for Older Adults: Reach and Effect of Lifelong Improvements through Fitness Together (LIFT).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Trial
- GrOup based physical Activity for oLder adults (GOAL) randomized controlled trial: study protocol.BMC public health · 2015Trial
- Effectiveness of a walking group intervention to promote physical activity and cardiovascular health in predominantly non-Hispanic black and Hispanic urban neighborhoods: findings from the walk your heart to health intervention.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2015Trial
- Group physical therapy for veterans with knee osteoarthritis: study design and methodology.Contemporary clinical trials · 2013Trial
- A cognitive-motor intervention using a dance video game to enhance foot placement accuracy and gait under dual task conditions in older adults: a randomized controlled trial.BMC geriatrics · 2012Trial
- The effect of a cognitive-motor intervention on voluntary step execution under single and dual task conditions in older adults: a randomized controlled pilot study.Clinical interventions in aging · 2012Trial
- Factors predicting adherence to 9 months of supervised exercise in healthy older women.Journal of physical activity & health · 2011Trial
- Effects of the mediterranean lifestyle program on multiple risk behaviors and psychosocial outcomes among women at risk for heart disease.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2005Trial
- Mediating effects of group cohesion on physical activity and diet in women of color: health is power.American journal of health promotion : AJHPTrial
- Perceived Capability, Social Belonging, and Behavioral Adherence in Adult Group Fitness Classes: A Systematic Review of Psychosocial Predictors.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- From exercise dose to social dose: a narrative review of the components, mechanisms, and design principles of group-based physical activity interventions to reduce loneliness.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Dancing Against falls iN Community-dwElling older adults (DANCE): a study protocol of a stratified, block-randomised trial.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2022Article
- The ESCAPE trial for older people with chronic low back pain: Protocol of a randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2022Article
- Health Educator Participation in Virtual Micro-Credentialing Increases Physical Activity in Public Health Competencies.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- The Impact of a Dementia-Friendly Exercise Class on People Living with Dementia: A Mixed-Methods Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Using Integrated Research-Practice Partnerships to Move Evidence-Based Principles Into Practice.Exercise and sport sciences reviews · 2019Article
- A 12-Week Pilot Exercise Program for Inactive Adults With Celiac Disease: Study Protocol.Global advances in health and medicine · 2019Article
- Measuring Cohesion and Self-Disclosure in Psychotherapy Groups for Patients with Advanced Cancer: An Analysis of the Psychometric Properties of the Group Therapy Experience Scale.International journal of group psychotherapy · 2018Article
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Abstract
Two studies were conducted to examine the relationship between class cohesion and exercise adherence in older adult exercisers. Study 1 examined the predictive ability of four dimensions of cohesion on exercise participation at 1, 6, and 12 months following the initial assessment of cohesion. Study 2 examined the effectiveness of a team-building intervention, designed to enhance class cohesion (and based on Study 1 results), on improving exercise adherence and return rates. Participants were assigned to a team-building, placebo, or control condition. Study 1 showed that three measures of cohesion, Individual attractions to the group-social, Group integration-social, and Group integration-task, were all significantly related to exercise class attendance following a 1-month interval. Group integration-task was significantly related to class attendance following a 6- and a 12-month interval. Study 2 showed that participants in the team-building condition (a) attended more classes than the control and placebo conditions and (b) had a higher return rate following a 10-week hiatus than the control condition. It was concluded that (a) class cohesion plays a significant role in exercise class participation, both short- and long-term, and (b) samples of older adult exercisers are appropriate groups for interventions based on developing class cohesion.
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