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group of African American men and women mentioned having physical activity
programs in church would help them be more physically active (Bopp et al., 2007).
An evaluation of the heart and soul physical activity program, (Peterson, 2011)
reported middle-aged, African American women believed that their physical activity
levels would improve with enhanced social support for physical activity provided by
family, friends and church members. From the results of a physical activity telephone
survey of members of African Methodist Episcopal (AME) congregations in South
Carolina, Bopp et al. (2006) suggested church-based interventions with African
American women should target one or all of three areas: psychological (improving self-
efficacy and physical activity enjoyment), sociocultural (improving social support and
building the social environment in the church), and environmental (creating easily
accessible physical activity programs in churches). Several programs have focused on
the environmental area in churches targeting nutrition where others have combined
physical activity with nutrition with a goal of weight loss. However, there have been few
studies where the focus was primarily to understand which programs would increase
physical activity among the members while targeting all of the three areas that Bopp et
al. (2006) mentioned in their study. Also, few have focused on dance as the primary
form of physical activity.
Therefore, the overall goal of this research was to investigate one type of
culturally specific dance, soul line dance, and determine if soul line increased motivation
for physical activity, when presented in a supportive environment. This was examined
within the expectancy-value model of achievement choice.8
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Rose, Melanie. Soul Line Dancing Among African American Women in the Church: an Expectancy-value Model Approach, thesis, August 2012; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc149658/m1/16/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .