The reliability and validity of exercise self- efficacy scale among overweight and obese individuals

The reliability and validity of exercise self- efficacy scale (ESS) and its relationship to weight efficacy lifestyle and body mass index among overweight and obese individuals was investigated in this study. Using convenient sampling method، 343 participants with BMI≥25 eligible toexclude- include criteria were selected among students in Payam Noor university of Semnan province. All of them completed the items of exercise self- efficacy، and weight efficacy lifestyle questionnaires، and their anthropometric indices were measured، too. Applying 16th version of SPSS internal revealed that that internal coefficient with alpha''s Cronbach for exercise self- efficacy was 0. 93. Calculating correlation coefficients to WEL، and body mass index were significant (p)