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Abstract
This study examined the relationship of activity readiness with self efficacy, perceived behavioral control, exercise attitudes, self-rated health, and selected demographic variables among high functioning, independent-living elderly. Four hundred seventy-one subjects, ranging in age from 62 to 93 years, were drawn from a popular retirement area and data were gathered through a self-report survey instrument. Subjects residing at no exercising readiness stages held negative self-efficacy, behavioral control, and attitudinal beliefs whereas regular exercisers held positive beliefs toward these constructs. Perceived behavioral control was most indicative of active lifestyle attainment, suggesting intervention strategies designed to initiate and maintain activity in the high functioning elderly focus on control belief cognitions.