Linking Exercise Intention to Exercise Action: The Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy
As physical exercise benefits both physical and psychological health of college students, it is important to promote the habit of physical exercise among them. This study adopted the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) model to understand the exercise intention–action link and determine the modera...
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| description | As physical exercise benefits both physical and psychological health of college students, it is important to promote the habit of physical exercise among them. This study adopted the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) model to understand the exercise intention–action link and determine the moderating role of self-efficacy. We recruited 242 students from a university in China and asked them to complete a six-wave survey. The survey results indicated that exercise intention was positively related to both coping planning and action planning, which pave the way to performing the action of exercise. However, such mediation effects varied under conditions of self-efficacy. Participants with high self-efficacy exhibited stronger relationships between intention and planning, and between planning and action. The study results suggest that planning has a time-lagged mediation effect in the relationship between intention and action. Additionally, the findings shed light on the moderating role of self-efficacy, which can be useful in developing health-promotion strategies for college students. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dde80ea8e22d405cacb34aa939a344fe2022-12-22T03:16:30ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-07-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.921285921285Linking Exercise Intention to Exercise Action: The Moderating Role of Self-EfficacyBin Hou0Linqian Li1Lei Zheng2Yating Qi3Song Zhou4School of Public Administration, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, ChinaSchool of Economics and Management, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, ChinaGraduate School of Education, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesSchool of Psychology, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, ChinaAs physical exercise benefits both physical and psychological health of college students, it is important to promote the habit of physical exercise among them. This study adopted the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) model to understand the exercise intention–action link and determine the moderating role of self-efficacy. We recruited 242 students from a university in China and asked them to complete a six-wave survey. The survey results indicated that exercise intention was positively related to both coping planning and action planning, which pave the way to performing the action of exercise. However, such mediation effects varied under conditions of self-efficacy. Participants with high self-efficacy exhibited stronger relationships between intention and planning, and between planning and action. The study results suggest that planning has a time-lagged mediation effect in the relationship between intention and action. Additionally, the findings shed light on the moderating role of self-efficacy, which can be useful in developing health-promotion strategies for college students.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.921285/fullhealth action process approachself-efficacyphysical exerciseintentionplanning |
| spellingShingle | Bin Hou Linqian Li Lei Zheng Yating Qi Song Zhou Linking Exercise Intention to Exercise Action: The Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy Frontiers in Psychology health action process approach self-efficacy physical exercise intention planning |
| title | Linking Exercise Intention to Exercise Action: The Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy |
| title_full | Linking Exercise Intention to Exercise Action: The Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy |
| title_fullStr | Linking Exercise Intention to Exercise Action: The Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Linking Exercise Intention to Exercise Action: The Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy |
| title_short | Linking Exercise Intention to Exercise Action: The Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy |
| title_sort | linking exercise intention to exercise action the moderating role of self efficacy |
| topic | health action process approach self-efficacy physical exercise intention planning |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.921285/full |
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