TY - JOUR
T1 - Antecedents and mediators of the association between adolescents’ intention and physical activity
T2 - a cross-sectional study in seven European countries
AU - Maltagliati, Silvio
AU - Papaioannou, Athanasios
AU - Tessier, Damien
AU - Carraro, Attilio
AU - Pons, Joan
AU - Demirhan, Gıyasettin
AU - Ramis, Yago
AU - Appleton, Paul
AU - Martins, João
AU - Escriva-Boulley, Géraldine
AU - Chalabaev, Aïna
AU - Cheval, Boris
AU - Krommidas, Charalambos
AU - Sarrazin, Philippe
N1 - Funding:
This work was supported by the European Union, Erasmus+ sport programme, Grant Agreement n° 579784-EPP-1-2016-2-EL-SPO-SCP. Views and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 International Society of Sport Psychology.
PY - 2023/4/13
Y1 - 2023/4/13
N2 - About 80% of adolescents report insufficient physical activity (PA) worldwide. Beyond the association of attitudes, family and friends’ support, and perceived behavioural control (PBC) with intention, self-regulation strategies are expected to underlie the association between intention and action. Particularly, action planning and self-monitoring, as well as the perceived energy needed to develop these strategies, may explain the relationship between intention and PA. However, existing evidence remains scarce and contrasted among adolescents. In a large sample of 13,136 adolescents from seven European countries, we examined the antecedents of intention. We further investigated whether action planning and self-monitoring mediated the association of intention with self-reported PA, as well as whether perceived energy predicted PA through these self-regulation strategies. Structural equation modeling showed that attitudes, PBC, family and friends’ support were all associated with intention (b> 0.08, p <.001). Intention (direct effect, b = 0.23, p <.001) and PBC were associated with PA (b = 0.22, p <.001). Action planning (indirect effect, b = 0.06, p <.001) and self-monitoring (indirect effect, b = 0.10, p <.001) partly mediated the relationship of intention with PA. Perceived energy was associated with PA through the partial mediating effect of action planning (indirect effect, b = 0.05, p <.001) and self-monitoring (indirect effect, b = 0.11, p <.001). Our results suggest that both action planning and self-monitoring underlie the association between intention and PA among European adolescents and that perceived energy could be an antecedent of these self-regulation strategies.
AB - About 80% of adolescents report insufficient physical activity (PA) worldwide. Beyond the association of attitudes, family and friends’ support, and perceived behavioural control (PBC) with intention, self-regulation strategies are expected to underlie the association between intention and action. Particularly, action planning and self-monitoring, as well as the perceived energy needed to develop these strategies, may explain the relationship between intention and PA. However, existing evidence remains scarce and contrasted among adolescents. In a large sample of 13,136 adolescents from seven European countries, we examined the antecedents of intention. We further investigated whether action planning and self-monitoring mediated the association of intention with self-reported PA, as well as whether perceived energy predicted PA through these self-regulation strategies. Structural equation modeling showed that attitudes, PBC, family and friends’ support were all associated with intention (b> 0.08, p <.001). Intention (direct effect, b = 0.23, p <.001) and PBC were associated with PA (b = 0.22, p <.001). Action planning (indirect effect, b = 0.06, p <.001) and self-monitoring (indirect effect, b = 0.10, p <.001) partly mediated the relationship of intention with PA. Perceived energy was associated with PA through the partial mediating effect of action planning (indirect effect, b = 0.05, p <.001) and self-monitoring (indirect effect, b = 0.11, p <.001). Our results suggest that both action planning and self-monitoring underlie the association between intention and PA among European adolescents and that perceived energy could be an antecedent of these self-regulation strategies.
KW - action planning
KW - intention
KW - Physical activity
KW - self-monitoring
KW - self-regulation
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U2 - 10.1080/1612197X.2023.2196670
DO - 10.1080/1612197X.2023.2196670
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85152905017
SN - 1612-197X
JO - International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
JF - International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
ER -