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Psychosocial Variables Related to Why Women are Less Active than Men and Related Health Implications
This article reviews psychosocial influences on women’s participation in physical activity as they differ from men and how associated activity differences impact women’s risk for a number of chronic diseases. This topic directly aligns with the mission of this special edition related to disparities...
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2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4933535/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27398045 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CMWH.S34668 |
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description | This article reviews psychosocial influences on women’s participation in physical activity as they differ from men and how associated activity differences impact women’s risk for a number of chronic diseases. This topic directly aligns with the mission of this special edition related to disparities in women’s health as the typically lower level of physical activity in females directly impacts their health. On average, females participate in physical activity at lower rates than their male counterparts. These lower rates of physical activity are directly related to both incidence of and outcomes from cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and breast and gynecological cancers. The relationship between psychosocial factors that are understood to affect physical activity differs between men and women. Specifically, self-efficacy, social support, and motivation are empirically substantiated factors that found to impact physical activity participation among women differently than men. Understanding these relationships is integral to designing effective interventions to target physical activity participation in women so that the related health risks are adequately addressed. |
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spelling | pubmed-49335352016-07-09 Psychosocial Variables Related to Why Women are Less Active than Men and Related Health Implications Edwards, Elizabeth Skidmore Sackett, Sarah Carson Clin Med Insights Womens Health Review This article reviews psychosocial influences on women’s participation in physical activity as they differ from men and how associated activity differences impact women’s risk for a number of chronic diseases. This topic directly aligns with the mission of this special edition related to disparities in women’s health as the typically lower level of physical activity in females directly impacts their health. On average, females participate in physical activity at lower rates than their male counterparts. These lower rates of physical activity are directly related to both incidence of and outcomes from cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and breast and gynecological cancers. The relationship between psychosocial factors that are understood to affect physical activity differs between men and women. Specifically, self-efficacy, social support, and motivation are empirically substantiated factors that found to impact physical activity participation among women differently than men. Understanding these relationships is integral to designing effective interventions to target physical activity participation in women so that the related health risks are adequately addressed. Libertas Academica 2016-07-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4933535/ /pubmed/27398045 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CMWH.S34668 Text en © 2016 the author(s), publisher and licensee Libertas Academica Ltd. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 3.0 License. |
spellingShingle | Review Edwards, Elizabeth Skidmore Sackett, Sarah Carson Psychosocial Variables Related to Why Women are Less Active than Men and Related Health Implications |
title | Psychosocial Variables Related to Why Women are Less Active than Men and Related Health Implications |
title_full | Psychosocial Variables Related to Why Women are Less Active than Men and Related Health Implications |
title_fullStr | Psychosocial Variables Related to Why Women are Less Active than Men and Related Health Implications |
title_full_unstemmed | Psychosocial Variables Related to Why Women are Less Active than Men and Related Health Implications |
title_short | Psychosocial Variables Related to Why Women are Less Active than Men and Related Health Implications |
title_sort | psychosocial variables related to why women are less active than men and related health implications |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4933535/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27398045 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CMWH.S34668 |
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