Embelton, Chad (2010) Adoption and Maintenance of Exercise Behaviour Change in a Type 2 Diabetic Population. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
The TTM of behavioural change has been successfully employed to investigate the regular exercise behaviours of people within the general population. However, there is no research investigating the exercise behaviours of people with Type 2 Diabetes within an Australian population using this model. The purpose of this study was to fill this gap in research by identifying which specific processes of change were used within each stage of exercise change when people with Type 2 Diabetes altered their exercise behaviours from not exercising through to maintaining regular exercise. The study employed a cross-sectional design, using self-report questionnaires to examine the processes of change used between the stages of exercise change. A total of 219 participants with Type 2 Diabetes, 137 female and 82 male, aged between 23 and 90 years completed the survey. The results revealed using nonparametric analyses that 6 of the 10 processes of change, Social Liberation, Counterconditioning, Helping Relationships, Reinforcement Management, Self-Liberation, and Stimulus Control were used in significantly different ways between the stages of exercise change. The results revealed that from the Contemplation stage to the Preparation stage that the processes of Counterconditioning, Reinforcement Management, and Self-Liberation significantly increased in use. Further, results revealed that from the Preparation stage to the Action stage there were significant increases in the use of the processes of Social Liberation, Counterconditioning, Helping Relationships, Reinforcement Management, Self-Liberation, and Stimulus Control. The results also revealed that from the Action stage to the Maintenance stage a significant decrease was found in the use of the process Stimulus Control. This research has found that the TTM along with the stages and the processes of change could be successfully used to investigate the exercise behaviours of people with Type 2 Diabetes.
I would first like to thank all of the people that took the time to participate in this study, for without them, this study could not have been possible. I would also like to thank Dr. Peter Anderson from Diabetes Australia–Queensland for his assistance in recruiting participants for this study. In addition, I would like to thank Alma Moore and all of the members from the Toowoomba and Darling Downs Diabetic Group for their knowledge and assistance in recruiting participants. Furthermore I would like to thank the pharmacists from the Malouf Group Pharmacies and Scott Street Pharmacy in Toowoomba for their help in recruiting participants.
I would like to give special thanks to my supervisor Dr. Des Coates, who has taught me so much over this year, and has been there to help me through this challenging and rewarding experience. I would also like to thank all of the technical team who have provided their expertise, guidance, and encouragement throughout the year. Furthermore, I would like to thank Dr. David Lalor for sharing his statistical knowledge and time over these past few months.
I am also grateful for all the assistance and understanding that has been provided by Dr. Peter Terry and Dr. Nola Passmore during this past year. I would like to extend my deepest thanks to my family and friends, who have provided me with encouragement and support to accomplish so much in my life, thank you!
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Sciences - Department of Psychology (Up to 30 Jun 2013) |
| Supervisors: | Des Coates |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) (Psychology) |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jan 2026 06:54 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jan 2026 06:54 |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52302 |
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