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    Habits predict physical activity on days when intentions are weak

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    Authors
    Rebar, Amanda
    Elavsky, S.
    Maher, J.
    Doerksen, S.
    Conroy, D.
    Date
    2014
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Rebar, A. and Elavsky, S. and Maher, J. and Doerksen, S. and Conroy, D. 2014. Habits predict physical activity on days when intentions are weak. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 36 (2): pp. 157-165.
    Source Title
    Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
    DOI
    10.1123/jsep.2013-0173
    ISSN
    0895-2779
    School
    School of Psychology
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70748
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Physical activity is regulated by controlled processes, such as intentions, and automatic processes, such as habits. Intentions relate to physical activity more strongly for people with weak habits than for people with strong habits, but people's intentions vary day by day. Physical activity may be regulated by habits unless daily physical activity intentions are strong. University students (N = 128) self-reported their physical activity habit strength and subsequently self-reported daily physical activity intentions and wore an accelerometer for 14 days. On days when people had intentions that were weaker than typical for them, habit strength was positively related to physical activity, but on days when people had typical or stronger intentions than was typical for them, habit strength was unrelated to daily physical activity. Efforts to promote physical activity may need to account for habits and the dynamics of intentions. © 2014 Human Kinetics, Inc.

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