Does personality moderate relationships between change in social cognitions and physical activity among college women?

IF 1.9 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psychology & Health Pub Date : 2025-08-12 DOI:10.1080/08870446.2025.2543602

Kathryn E Wilson

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Abstract

Introduction: Evidence links personality to physical activity (PA) and PA-related social cognitions commonly targeted in behavioral interventions. Frameworks of the personality system propose that traits moderate change in social cognitions which then influence behavior change.

Objectives: This study aimed to assess whether personality traits moderate organic change in PA-related social cognitions, and the relationship between those changes and changes in PA behavior.

Methods: A sample (n = 346) of college women participated in a 12-week longitudinal observation. Surveys included measures of personality traits, PA-related social cognitions, and PA behavior. Conditional latent growth models tested the effect of personality traits on change in social cognitive and behavioral variables.

Results: Significant mean-level change and/or variance of change was observed for exercise self-efficacy, descriptive norms, affective attitudes and several indicators of PA. Personality traits were not observed to moderate change in any social cognitive or behavioral variables, nor were changes in social cognitive variables related to changes in behavioral variables.

Conclusion: Changes in social cognitions and PA behavior over 12 wk were small and unrelated to personality traits. Future work should examine change over longer periods, and in response to behavioral intervention to determine whether traits impact the effectiveness of behavior change strategies targeting these constructs.

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女大学生社会认知变化与体育活动之间是否存在人格调节关系？

有证据表明人格与身体活动（PA）和与PA相关的社会认知之间存在联系，这些社会认知通常是行为干预的目标。人格系统框架提出特质调节社会认知的改变，进而影响行为改变。目的：本研究旨在探讨人格特质是否能调节社交行为相关社会认知的有机改变，以及这些改变与社交行为改变的关系。方法：对346名女大学生进行为期12周的纵向观察。调查包括人格特征、PA相关社会认知和PA行为的测量。条件潜在增长模型检验了人格特质对社会认知和行为变量变化的影响。结果：运动自我效能感、描述性规范、情感态度和PA的几个指标均有显著的平均水平变化和/或方差变化。没有观察到人格特质对任何社会认知或行为变量的温和变化，也没有观察到社会认知变量的变化与行为变量的变化相关。结论：12周内社会认知和PA行为的变化较小，与人格特征无关。未来的工作应该在更长的时间内检查变化，并对行为干预作出反应，以确定特征是否影响针对这些构式的行为改变策略的有效性。

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Psychology & Health Multiple-

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7.30

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期刊介绍： Psychology & Health promotes the study and application of psychological approaches to health and illness. The contents include work on psychological aspects of physical illness, treatment processes and recovery; psychosocial factors in the aetiology of physical illnesses; health attitudes and behaviour, including prevention; the individual-health care system interface particularly communication and psychologically-based interventions. The journal publishes original research, and accepts not only papers describing rigorous empirical work, including meta-analyses, but also those outlining new psychological approaches and interventions in health-related fields.