ReviewFrontiers in psychology2021
Multi-Process Action Control in Physical Activity: A Primer.
Review in Frontiers in psychology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06624930 (A Randomized Controlled Trial Adding Behavioural Counselling to Supervised Physical Activity in Cancer Survivors), which is not on this map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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A Randomized Controlled Trial Adding Behavioural Counselling to Supervised Physical Activity in Cancer Survivors
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48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Parents' experiences of family-based physical activity interventions: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Pooled it
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- Physical inactivity and sedentary behaviours: screening and intervention in primary care, a prospective, multicentre, cluster-randomised, controlled, stepped-wedge study.BMC public health · 2025Trial
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- Bidirectional week-to-week relationships between weekly psychological stress across multiple life domains and engagement with an exercise intervention: secondary analysis of data from a randomized trial.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2025Trial
- Effects of a dog activity tracker on owners' walking: a community-based randomised controlled trial.BMC research notes · 2024Trial
- Development and Initial Validation of the Exercise Behavioral Inconsistency Scale (ExBIS): Factor Structure, Reliability, Measurement Invariance, and Known-Groups Validity.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Acceptability, Perceived Feasibility and Perceived Impact of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-Informed Emotion Regulation Program to Assist Parents in Supporting Their Children's Physical Activity: A Qualitative Proof-of-Concept Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- From Intention to Enactment: Action Planning and Habit Automaticity Distinguish Successful from Unsuccessful Intenders to Engage in Regular Leisure-Time Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a 12-week primary care-based behavioral counseling intervention among adults with cardiovascular disease risk factors.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour in the MEDIET4ALL Study: Associations with Mediterranean Lifestyle, Sleep, and Psychosocial Well-Being, with Mediation Analyses.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Studying Contextual and Psychological Predictors of Physical Activity Among Emerging Adults: Protocol for an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Application of a conceptual model to predict physical activity identity among Canadian adults.British journal of health psychology · 2026Article
- Bridging the intention-behavior gap in physical activity among pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus: a qualitative study of self-control strategy use and dynamics.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2026Article
- A Home-Based Intervention to Improve Adherence to the 24-Hour Movement Guidelines in Young Children: Protocol for a Mobile App-Based Randomized Control Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Using the RE-AIM framework to evaluate the implementation of a clinical workflow designed to identify, refer, and connect insufficiently active patients to health coaching.Translational behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Creating customized chatbots with ChatGPT to promote physical activity: a mini review.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Review
- Exercise empowerment: a scoping review of randomized controlled trials and quasi-experimental physical activity interventions.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Review
- Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of a Remotely-Delivered Health Coaching Intervention for Young and Middle-Aged Cancer Survivors: A Phase II Pilot Study.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2025Article
- The Implementation of a Blended In-Person and Online Family-Based Childhood Obesity Management Program: A Process Evaluation Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
The gap between the decision to engage in physical activity and subsequent behavioral enactment is considerable for many. Action control theories focus on this discordance in an attempt to improve the translation of intention into behavior. The purpose of this mini-review was to overview one of these approaches, the multi-process action control (M-PAC) framework, which has evolved from a collection of previous works. The main concepts and operational structure of M-PAC was overviewed followed by applications of the framework in physical activity, and concluded with unanswered questions, limitations, and possibilities for future research. In M-PAC, it is suggested that three layered processes (reflective, regulatory, reflexive) build upon each other from the formation of an intention to a sustained profile of physical activity action control. Intention-behavior discordance is because of strategic challenges in goal pursuit (differences in outcome vs. behavioral goals; balancing multiple behavioral goals) and automatic tendencies (approach-avoidance, conservation of energy expenditure). Regulatory processes (prospective and reactive tactics) are employed to hold the relationship between reflective processes and behavior concordant by countering these strategic challenges and automatic tendencies until the development of reflexive processes (habit, identity) begin to co-determine action control. Results from 29 observational and preliminary experimental studies generally support the proposed M-PAC framework. Future research is needed to explore the temporal dynamic between reflexive and regulatory constructs, and implement M-PAC interventions in different forms (e.g., mobile health), and at different levels of scale (clinical, group, population).
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