TY  - JOUR
A1  - Heissel, Andreas
A1  - Pietrek, Anou F.
A1  - Rapp, Michael Armin
A1  - Heinzel, Stephan
A1  - Williams, Geoffrey
T1  - Perceived health care climate of older people attending an exercise program
BT  - validation of the german short version of the health care climate questionnaire
JF  - Journal of aging and physical activity : JAPA ; the official journal of the International Society for Aging and Physical Activity
N2  - The role of perceived need support from exercise professionals in improving mental health was examined in a sample of older adults, thereby validating the short Health Care Climate Questionnaire. A total of 491 older people (M = 72.68 years; SD = 5.47) attending a health exercise program participated in this study. Cronbach's alpha was found to be high (alpha = .90). Satisfaction with the exercise professional correlated moderately with the short Health Care Climate Questionnaire mean value (r = .38; p < .01). The mediator analyses yielded support for the self-determination theory process model in older adults by showing both basic need satisfaction and frustration as mediating variables between perceived autonomy support and depressive symptoms. The short Health Care Climate Questionnaire is an economical instrument for assessing basic need satisfaction provided by the exercise therapist from the participant's perspective. Furthermore, this cross-sectional study supported the link from coaching style to the satisfaction/frustration of basic psychological needs, which in turn, predicted mental health. Analyses of criterion validity suggest a revision of the construct by integrating need frustration.
KW  - autonomy support
KW  - basic psychological need satisfaction and frustration
KW  - depression
KW  - need support
KW  - physical activity
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2018-0350
SN  - 1063-8652
SN  - 1543-267X
VL  - 28
IS  - 2
SP  - 276
EP  - 286
PB  - Human Kinetics Publ.
CY  - Champaign
ER  -