Automaticity mediates the association between action planning and physical activity, especially when autonomous motivation is high.

IF 2.4 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psychology & Health Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-03-13 DOI:10.1080/08870446.2023.2188886

Silvio Maltagliati, Philippe Sarrazin, Sandrine Isoard-Gautheur, Luc Pelletier, Meredith Rocchi, Boris Cheval

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Abstract

Objectives: Action planning promotes physical activity (PA). However, mechanisms underlying this association are poorly understood, as are the variables that moderate this link remain unexplored. To fill these gaps, we investigated whether automaticity mediated the association between action planning and PA, and whether autonomous motivation moderated this mediation.

Methods and measures: PA was measured by accelerometry over seven days among a sample of 124 adults. Action planning, automaticity, and autonomous motivation were assessed by questionnaires.

Results: Structural equation models revealed that automaticity mediated the association between action planning and PA (total effect, β = .29, p < .001) - action planning was associated with automaticity (a path, β = .47, p < .001), which in turn related to PA (b path, β = .33, p = .003). Autonomous motivation moderated the a path (β = .16, p = .035) - action planning was more strongly associated with automaticity when autonomous motivation was high (+1 standard-deviation [SD]) (unstandardized b = 0.77, p < .001) versus low (-1 SD) (b = 0.35, p = .023).

Conclusion: These findings not only support that action planning favors an automatic behavioral regulation, but also highlight that a high autonomous motivation toward PA may reinforce this mechanism.

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自动性在行动计划和身体活动之间起中介作用，特别是当自主动机高时。

目标：行动计划促进身体活动。然而，这种关联的机制尚不清楚，调节这种联系的变量也未被探索。为了填补这些空白，我们研究了自动性是否在行动计划和PA之间的关联中起中介作用，以及自主动机是否调节了这种中介作用。方法和措施：在124名成年人的样本中，用加速度计在7天内测量PA。行动计划、自动性和自主动机通过问卷进行评估。结果：结构方程模型显示，自动性在行动计划与个人绩效之间起中介作用（总效应，β = 0.29, p < 0.001），行动计划与个人绩效之间存在关联（a路径，β = 0.47, p < 0.001），而自动性与个人绩效之间存在关联（b路径，β = 0.33, p = 0.003）。自主动机调节了a路径(β = 0.16, p = 0.035) -当自主动机高（+1个标准差[SD]）（未标准化的b = 0.77, p < 0.001）与低（-1 SD）（b = 0.35, p = 0.023）时，行动计划与自动性的相关性更强。结论：这些发现不仅支持了行动计划有利于自动行为调节，而且强调了高度的自主动机可能会加强这一机制。

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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.