REVIEW article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Sport Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1525277
This article is part of the Research TopicMotivations For Physical Activity - Volume IIIView all 20 articles
Association Between Exercise Self-efficacy and Physical Activity in Elderly Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Provisionally accepted
- 1Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- 2School of Sports Science, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, Shandong Province, China
- 3Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
- 4College of Education for the Future, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China
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contributed equally to this work as co-first authors, being involved in the conception, design, execution of the experiments, and the analysis and interpretation of the data. Kangli Du, Ying Huang, and Aihua Li contributed to the data collection and analysis. Hongwei Wang and Wentao Qiu provided technical support and assisted in the interpretation of the results. Rong Gao and Hongcheng Cui contributed to the revision of the manuscript and provided critical feedback. Xishuai Wang and Guofeng Qu was involved in the supervision of the project and provided guidance on the research methodology. Cong Liu was responsible for the overall coordination of the project, drafting and revising the manuscript, and securing funding for the research.
Keywords: exercise self-efficacy, physical activity, Elderly, Correlation, Meta-analysis
Received: 09 Nov 2024; Accepted: 19 May 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Xie, Wang, Wang, Ma, Qiu, Qu, Gao and Liu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Guofeng Qu, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Rong Gao, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Cong Liu, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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