Perceived Barriers and Benefits of Exercise Among Women Survivors of Sexual Violence by Physical Activity Level and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Status.

Autor: Pebole MM; The Translational Research Center for TBI and Stress Disorders (TRACTS), Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA.; Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA., Singleton CR; Department of Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences, Tulane School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA., Hall KS; Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham NC, USA.; Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Durham VA Healthcare System, Durham, NC, USA., Petruzzello SJ; Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA., Alston R; Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA., Gobin RL; Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Violence against women [Violence Against Women] 2023 Jun 22, pp. 10778012231182412. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 22.
DOI: 10.1177/10778012231182412
Abstrakt: An online, cross-sectional survey of women survivors of sexual violence (SV; N  = 355) gathered information on perceived barriers and benefits of exercise, along with exercise level and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. This study reports exercise perceptions and provides comparisons by exercise level and PTSD status. Differences by exercise level were found in life enhancement, physical performance, psychological outlook, and social interaction ( p s < 0.05 ; r s  = -0.04-0.25). Differences were found by PTSD status in physical performance, social interaction, and preventative health and exercise milieu, time expenditure, and family discouragement ( p s < 0.05; r s = -0.39-0.21). Findings provide new information relevant for promoting exercise among women survivors of SV.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Databáze: MEDLINE