Self-Regulation and Implicit Attitudes Toward Physical Activity Influence Exercise Behavior.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8809258 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1543-2904 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 08952779 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Sport Exerc Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Champaign Il : North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity
      Original Publication: [Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics Publishers, c1988-
    • Subject Terms:
      Attitude* ; Health Behavior*; Exercise/*psychology; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Self Report ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Young Adult
    • Abstract:
      Dual-process models of health behavior posit that implicit and explicit attitudes independently drive healthy behaviors. Prior evidence indicates that implicit attitudes may be related to weekly physical activity (PA) levels, but the extent to which self-regulation attenuates this link remains unknown. This study examined the associations between implicit attitudes and self-reported PA during leisure time among 150 highly active young adults and evaluated the extent to which effortful control (one aspect of self-regulation) moderated this relationship. Results indicated that implicit attitudes toward exercise were unrelated to average workout length among individuals with higher effortful control. However, those with lower effortful control and more negative implicit attitudes reported shorter average exercise sessions compared with those with more positive attitudes. Implicit and explicit attitudes were unrelated to total weekly PA. A combination of poorer self-regulation and negative implicit attitudes may leave individuals vulnerable to mental and physical health consequences of low PA.
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    • Grant Information:
      K05 CA172296 United States CA NCI NIH HHS; R01 CA186251 United States CA NCI NIH HHS; R01 CA186720 United States CA NCI NIH HHS
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: effortful control; inhibitory control; psychology; self-regulatory capacity
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20170923 Date Completed: 20180417 Latest Revision: 20210901
    • Publication Date:
      20250114
    • Accession Number:
      PMC6521970
    • Accession Number:
      10.1123/jsep.2017-0056
    • Accession Number:
      28937320