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Published in: BMC Public Health 1/2024

Open Access 01-12-2024 | Research

The contribution and interplay of implicit and explicit processes on physical activity behavior: empirical testing of the physical activity adoption and maintenance (PAAM) model

Authors: Darko Jekauc, Ceren Gürdere, Chris Englert, Tilo Strobach, Gioia Bottesi, Steven Bray, Denver Brown, Lena Fleig, Marta Ghisi, Jeffrey Graham, Mary Martinasek, Nauris Tamulevicius, Ines Pfeffer

Published in: BMC Public Health | Issue 1/2024

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Abstract

The adoption and maintenance of physical activity (PA) is an important health behavior. This paper presents the first comprehensive empirical test of the Physical Activity Adoption and Maintenance (PAAM) model, which proposes that a combination of explicit (e.g., intention) and implicit (e.g., habit,, affect) self-regulatory processes is involved in PA adoption and maintenance. Data were collected via online questionnaires in English, German, and Italian at two measurement points four weeks apart. The study included 422 participants (Mage= 25.3, SDage= 10.1; 74.2% women) from Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, and the U.S. The study results largely supported the assumptions of the PAAM model, indicating that intentions and habits significantly mediate the effects of past PA on future PA. In addition, the effect of past PA on future PA was shown to be significant through a mediation chain involving affect and habit. Although the hypothesis that trait self-regulation moderates the intention-behavior relationship was not supported, a significant moderating effect of affect on the same relationship was observed. The results suggest that interventions targeting both explicit and implicit processes may be effective in promoting PA adoption and maintenance.
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Metadata
Title
The contribution and interplay of implicit and explicit processes on physical activity behavior: empirical testing of the physical activity adoption and maintenance (PAAM) model
Authors
Darko Jekauc
Ceren Gürdere
Chris Englert
Tilo Strobach
Gioia Bottesi
Steven Bray
Denver Brown
Lena Fleig
Marta Ghisi
Jeffrey Graham
Mary Martinasek
Nauris Tamulevicius
Ines Pfeffer
Publication date
01-12-2024
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Public Health / Issue 1/2024
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18589-5

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