ArticleJournal of sport & exercise psychology2013
A daily process analysis of intentions and physical activity in college students.
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- Associations Between Social Cognitive Determinants and Movement-Related Behaviors in Studies Using Ecological Momentary Assessment Methods: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2023Pooled it
- Content validity and methodological considerations in ecological momentary assessment studies on physical activity and sedentary behaviour: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Pooled it
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- Daily Instrumental and Affective Attitudes About Exercise: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2022Article
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- Within-person examination of the exercise intention-behavior gap among women in midlife with elevated cardiovascular disease risk.Psychology of sport and exercise · 2022Article
- Research on the influence of college students' participation in sports activities on their sense of inferiority based on self-esteem and general self-efficacy.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Social predictors of daily relations between college women's physical activity intentions and behavior.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2021Article
- Engineering Person-Specific Behavioral Interventions to Promote Physical Activity.Exercise and sport sciences reviews · 2020Review
- Daily- and Person-Level Associations Between Physical Activity and Alcohol Use Among College Students.Emerging adulthood (Print) · 2020Article
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Abstract
Social-cognitive theories, such as the theory of planned behavior, posit intentions as proximal influences on physical activity (PA). This paper extends those theories by examining within-person variation in intentions and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) as a function of the unfolding constraints in people's daily lives (e.g., perceived time availability, fatigue, soreness, weather, overeating). College students (N = 63) completed a 14-day diary study over the Internet that rated daily motivation, contextual constraints, and MVPA. Key findings from multilevel analyses were that (1) between-person differences represented 46% and 33% of the variability in daily MVPA intentions and behavior, respectively; (2) attitudes, injunctive norms, self-efficacy, perceptions of limited time availability, and weekend status predicted daily changes in intention strength; and (3) daily changes in intentions, perceptions of limited time availability, and weekend status predicted day-to-day changes in MVPA. Embedding future motivation and PA research in the context of people's daily lives will advance understanding of individual PA change processes.
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