Predicting Exercise Intentions and Behaviors of Taiwanese Children in a Longitudinal Sample

The effect of educational intervention program on promoting preventive behaviors of urinary tract infection in girls: a randomized controlled trial

“…Another study by Lee et al on the application of TPB about predicting exercise intentions and behaviors of Taiwanese children indicated that perceived control behavior was the strongest predictor of the intention to exercise. This construct, affected the exercise behavior not only directly but also indirectly through intentions [18].…”

Predicting exercise behaviors and intentions of Taiwanese urban high school students using the theory of planned behavior

“…Regular exercise refers to exercises performed outside physical education courses at school for at least 30 min at a time and for more than 150 min/ week that result in heavy breathing and sweating (Taiwan Ministry of Education, Sport Administration, 2014). It was scored 1 to 4 corresponding to the following choices: never, sometimes (one or two times/week), often (three or four times/week), and always (more than five times/week) (Lee et al, 2020).…”

“…However, no study has explored exercise behaviors, intentions, and related factors in Taiwanese high school students. Lee et al (2020) indicated that the TPB can predict exercise behavior and intention among Taiwanese elementary school students. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to examine the predictability of the TPB's constructs on regular exercise intentions and behaviors among Taiwanese high school students in general, as well as separately by sex.…”

“…Intentions and PBC further influence individuals' behaviors. The TPB has been widely employed with favorable predictability in studies on regular exercise with different targets, such as elementary school students (Lee et al, 2020;Wang & Wang, 2015), obese students (Didarloo et al, 2017), older adults (Ahmad et al, 2014), and patients with chronic diseases (Hatefnia et al, 2019;Sarra et al, 2015).…”

“…In Taiwan, the exercise rate of male high school students is also higher than that of female students (39.2% vs. 25.0%) (Taiwan Ministry of Education, Sport Administration, 2020). Furthermore, relevant studies indicated that sex directly influences behaviors and intentions regarding regular exercise (Lee et al, 2020). Some studies used the TPB to predict exercise behaviors and intentions of girls and boys (Martin et al, 2007;Wang & Wang, 2015).…”