ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021
From Physical Activity Intention to Behavior: The Moderation Role of Mental Toughness Among College Students and Wage Earners.
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- Behavior plan and the intention-behavior gap in physical activity among adolescents and college students: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Different Dimensions of Social Support on Social Media and Leisure-Time Physical Activity Intentions Among Chinese College Students Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior: A Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Factors affecting the intention to perform physical activity: A theory-based research.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Article
- The Role of Mental Toughness in the Correlation between Competitive Anxiety and Athlete Burnout in Student-Athletes.International journal of school health · 2026Article
- From spectacle to movement? Associations between major sport event perception and sport participation behavior among Host-City residents.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Social Support and Social Adjustment Among Chinese Secondary School Students: The Mediating Roles of Subjective Well-Being and Psychological Resilience.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Article
- The Moderating Power of Impulsivity: A Systematic Literature Review Examining the Theory of Planned Behavior.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Gender Differences and Relationship of 2D:4D-Ratio, Mental Toughness and Dark Triad Traits among Active Young Adults.Biology · 2022Article
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Abstract
This study explored the correlation between mental toughness (MT) and physical activity (PA), and the moderation role between PA intention and subsequent behavior among college students and wage earners. Five hundred ninety-one college students (251 male, 340 female) aged from 19 to 24 and 285 (157 male, 127 female) wage earners aged from 27 to 58 recruited from seven colleges and five cities in China. A Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) questionnaire, MT Inventory, and the International PA Questionnaire was completed online. Results showed that attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control explained 46.5 and 38.3% variance in PA intention among college students and wage earners separately. Intention predicted PA behavior significantly among college students and wage earners. Structural equation modeling indicated that the TPB model and the moderation model have an adequate to good fit except the TPB model among wage earners. MT was positively correlated with PA among college students and wage earners and had a significant moderation role in intention-behavior gap among college students and partially affected the transfer of PA intention to behavior among college students. Individuals with high MT had high levels of PA regardless of intention, while PA of those with low MT was low and unstable. Future research should further explore the correlation between intention and PA and the moderation role of MT in different populations using a longitudinal study in order to better understand the correlation between intention and PA, and the transition from intention to PA and better guidance PA intervention to promote PA.
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