Adults with conflicting or facilitating goals differ in adherence‐related self‐regulatory factors and exercise over time

Abstract

Most adults do not meet the public health recommendation of 150+ min each week of moderate-vigorous exercise. Exercise, which is performed during individuals' leisure time, does not typically occur in isolation as individuals often also pursue nonexercise goals. According to social cognitive theory, concurrent pursuit of multiple goals that conflict with or facilitate one another may differentially affect the successful exercise self-regulation, as illustrated by differences in adherence-related selfregulatory factors and exercise levels. To investigate this contention, the study examined whether adults (N = 191; M age = 31.29, SD = 11.87 years), reporting conflicting or facilitating exercise and non-exercise goals, differed in self-regulatory factors (i.e., concurrent self-regulatory efficacy and outcome expectations) and exercise.Participants completed online measures of self-regulatory factors and exercise at study onset. Assessment of exercise occurred again one month later. Participants reporting conflicting (n = 100) or facilitating (n = 91) goals formed comparison groups.A between-groups multivariate analysis of covariance, with Time 1 exercise as a covariate, was significant (p < 0.001). Post hoc univariate and descriptive discriminant analyses revealed that participants with conflicting goals reported significantly lower self-regulatory efficacy (p < 0.001), which contributed the most to group classification, and Time 2 exercise (p = 0.01) than those with facilitating goals. Findings provide first evidence that concurrent self-regulatory efficacy is a key differentiating factor between adults with conflicting or facilitating goals. Future research should investigate whether bolstering self-regulatory efficacy improves exercise levels among adults with conflicting goals. | 417BLOUIN aNd GYURCSIK

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Predictors to health promoting behaviors among patients with myasthenia gravis: health belief model approach

“…A predictive correlational research design was utilized to fulfill the aim of the study. The study variables are classified as independent (predictor) and dependent (outcome), however, these variables are not manipulated, but occur naturally (Grove, Gray& Faan, 2019;Blouin & Gyurcsik, 2019). This design was appropriate for this study due to the use of several quantitative variables in the prediction of the relationship and to explain the changes in dependent variable (Health promoting behaviors) based on one or more independent variables (Health Belief Model constructs, i.e., perceived susceptibility to crises, perceived severity of crises, perceived benefits of compliance to medical regimen, perceived barriers to compliance to medical regimen, cues to action and selfefficacy)…”