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ArticleInternational journal of behavioral medicine2024

Predicting Adolescents' Physical Activity Intentions: Testing an Integrated Social Cognition Model.

Jessica Balla, Juho Polet, Sami Kokko, Mirja Hirvensalo, Tommi Vasankari, Taru Lintunen, Martin S Hagger

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Article in International journal of behavioral medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Jessica BallaDepartment of Psychological Sciences, University of California, Merced, USA.
Juho PoletFaculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Seminaarinkatu 15, 40014, Jyväskylän Yliopisto, Finland.
Sami KokkoFaculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Seminaarinkatu 15, 40014, Jyväskylän Yliopisto, Finland.
Mirja HirvensaloFaculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Seminaarinkatu 15, 40014, Jyväskylän Yliopisto, Finland.
Tommi VasankariUKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland.
Taru LintunenFaculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Seminaarinkatu 15, 40014, Jyväskylän Yliopisto, Finland.
Martin S HaggerDepartment of Psychological Sciences, University of California, Merced, USA. martin.s.hagger@jyu.fi.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2685-1546

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backgroundFew adolescents meet guideline levels of physical activity associated with good health, highlighting the need for intervention. Interventions promoting adolescents' physical activity should be guided by research applying behavioral theory to identify potentially modifiable correlates and associated processes. We applied an integrated social cognition model to identify theory-based constructs and processes that relate to physical activity intentions in a secondary analysis of two samples of Finnish adolescents using a correlational design.

methodParticipants in the first sample (n = 455) completed self-report measures of social cognition constructs from theory of planned behavior, habit, self-discipline, and past and current physical activities. Participants in the second sample (n = 3878) completed identical measures plus measures of socio-structural and socio-environmental factors. Participants from the first sample also wore accelerometers for 1 week. Hypothesized model effects were tested using variance-based structural equation modeling in data from the first sample and subsequently confirmed in a pre-registered analysis of data from the second sample.

resultsAcross both samples, habit, attitude, perceived behavioral control, and self-reported past behavior were associated with physical activity intention. Effects of self-reported past physical activity on intention were partially mediated by social cognition constructs. Effects of accelerometer-based physical activity were small by comparison. Effects of socio-structural and socio-environmental factors on intention in the second sample were partially mediated by the social cognition constructs.

conclusionResults corroborate beliefs and habit as consistent correlates of adolescents' physical activity intentions and provide preliminary evidence that social cognition constructs account for effects of socio-structural and socio-environmental factors on intentions.

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IntentionSocial CognitionAdolescentAttitudeCognitionExerciseHumansExercise behaviorHabit theoryHealth behavior determinantsTheory integrationTheory of planned behavior

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PMCPMC10032623

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