Implicit Attitudes and Explicit Motivation Prospectively Predict Physical Activity

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Abstract

Background Contemporary approaches to physical activity motivation and promotion focus on explicit motivational processes which regulate
intentional physical activity. Less is known about the role of implicit processes, which may be instrumental in regulating
habitual aspects of unintentional (i.e., incidental) physical activity (PA).

Purpose To test the proposition that the routine nature of unintentional PA makes it amenable to control by implicit processes.

Methods Participants (N = 201) completed measures of explicit motivation (i.e., efficacy beliefs, outcome expectations, behavioral intentions, perceived
behavioral control) and implicit attitudes toward physical activity, and then wore a pedometer for 1 week.

Results Implicit attitudes positively predicted PA after controlling for well-established predictors of intentional physical activity.

Conclusions PA motivation involves both explicit and implicit processes, and PA promotion efforts may be enhanced by attending to relevant
implicit motivation processes.

Content Type Journal Article
Category Original Article
DOI 10.1007/s12160-010-9161-0
Authors
- David E. Conroy, The Pennsylvania State University University Park PA USA
- Amanda L. Hyde, The Pennsylvania State University University Park PA USA
- Shawna E. Doerksen, The Pennsylvania State University University Park PA USA
- Nuno F. Ribeiro, The Pennsylvania State University University Park PA USA

Journal Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Online ISSN 1532-4796
Print ISSN 0883-6612

Tags: efficacy beliefs, implicit attitudes, Pennsylvania State University University, pennsylvania state university, pennsylvania state university university park

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