Relationship of Friend/Parent Exercise Participation Levels and Adolescents' Exercise Intention/Behavior as Moderated by Action Control. Issue 2 (April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lee, Keunchul; Lee, Kanghun
• Is Part Of: Perceptual and motor skills. Volume 127:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: 347
• Page End: 366
• Publication Date: 2020-04
• Subjects: physical activity -- friendship -- theory of planned behavior; Perception -- Periodicals; Motor ability -- Periodicals; Motor Skills; Perception; Psychology; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 152
• DOI: 10.1177/0031512519900058
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0031-5125

Abstract

This study investigated the role of action control in the relationship between friend and parent exercise participation levels with adolescents' exercise intention and behavior, based on the theory of planned behavior. Data were collected from 740 Korean adolescents through questionnaires that assessed the exercise participation level of these participants' parents and friends, and the adolescent participants' personal exercise intention, exercise behavior, action control, and exercise constraints. The results showed that the exercise participation level of friends, but not of parents, mediated the adolescents' exercise behavior through their exercise intention. This relationship was magnified by higher levels of the adolescents' action control.