Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess whether instruction and participation in deBono's CoRT I Thinking Program would improve women's abilities to evaluate personal commitment to physical activity and increase participation in physical activity during leisure time. Subjects were 53 women enrolled in a health-related fitness class. The Nonequivalent Control Group design was used. The intervention group (n = 25) followed deBono's CoRT I Program and engaged in lecture and laboratory activities. The nonintervention group engaged only in the lecture and laboratory activities. Responses to the Commitment to Physical Activity Scale, the Physical Activity Participation Inventory, and summary questions, which were administered to the intervention group only, were used to answer the research questions. A 2-factor repeated-measures analysis of variance indicated the intervention group showed significant gains in commitment scores as well as a significant gain in the mean number of hours of participation. The summary questions indicated that 96% of the participants in the decision-making program considered the experience a valuable one as well as having more positive feelings about participation in physical activity, 92% reported being better able to establish priorities concerning participation, having their aims and goals clarified, in addition to considering the alternatives and consequences concerning participation.
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