Evaluating time frame expectancies in physical activity social cognition: Are short and long-term motives different?
| dc.contributor.author | Rhodes, Ryan E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Matheson, Deborah Hunt | |
| dc.contributor.author | Blanchard, Chris M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Blacklock, Rachel E. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-08T17:30:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-08T17:30:32Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2008 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
| dc.description | We thank Cheryl Kruper and Maisie Myrfield for their assistance with data collection and data entry. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Promoting maintenance of regular physical activity (PA) is a public health priority, however, no research has examined whether the expectancies of proximal PA enactment are similar to the expectancies of longer maintenance. Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate whether PA expectancies, measured with constructs of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), differed as a function of the time-frame (no time frame, next week, next month, next six months) used in the item stems. Undergraduate students (N = 409) completed self-report measures of the TPB that were randomly distributed with the possibility of receiving one of the four possible time-frames; results across the four groups were then compared. Analysis of variance tests showed 13 of 37 constructs were significantly (p < .05) different and post-hoc follow-up tests identified that the proximal time-frame had the significantly lower mean value. Chi-square tests of independent correlations, however, revealed few differences in TPB intention correlations by time-frame. The results suggest that social cognitive correlates of PA intention are robust to time-frame deviations, but time-frame may affect the absolute values of some constructs. Overall, this is a positive finding because it suggests that PA promotion efforts focused on increasing expectancies do not have to tailor to proximal and more distal maintenance applications. | en_US |
| dc.description.reviewstatus | Reviewed | en_US |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Faculty | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | RER is supported by a scholar award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, a new investigator award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and with funds from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Human Early Learning Partnership. CMB is supported by the Canada Research Chair Program. REB is supported by a graduate student scholarship from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Rhodes, R. E., Matheson, D. H., Blanchard, C. M., & Blacklock, R. E. (2008). Evaluating time frame expectancies in physical activity social cognition: Are shortand long-term motives different? Behavioral Medicine, 34(3), 85-94. https://doi.org/10.3200/BMED.34.3.85-94 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.3200/BMED.34.3.85-94 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/15601 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Behavioral Medicine | en_US |
| dc.subject | Theory of Planned Behaviour | |
| dc.subject.department | School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education | |
| dc.title | Evaluating time frame expectancies in physical activity social cognition: Are short and long-term motives different? | en_US |
| dc.type | Postprint | en_US |