Social Cognitive Determinants of Exercise Behavior in the Context of Behavior Modeling: A Mixed-Method Approach
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Social Cognitive Determinants, Exercise Behavior, Context of Behavior Modeling, Mixed-Method ApproachAbstract
The objectives of this study involve three main purposes:1) to investigate the factors affecting self-cognition on health, 2) to explore the relationship between motivation-mediated self-cognition on health and sustained-exercise behavior, and 3) to examine the effects of behaviors dominated by individual physical health cognition on sustained-exercise behavior. This is a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods. Specifically, the sequential-qualitative-first-exploratory method is used in the study. It is divided into two stages: First, qualitative research is used to analyze the important variables affecting learning engagement, the nature and development of the relationship between these variables. Second, chi-square test and multiple regression are used to collect variable data and verify the relationship between variables. Self-cognition on health was selected as the influencing factor of sustained-exercise behavior and studied by qualitative plus quantitative methods, starting with a review of the relevant theoretical literature and in-depth interviews. This paper analyzes the motivation of young teachers in universities in the specific form of sustained-exercise behavior, and the influence of self-cognition on health and motivation, and sustained-exercise behavior is discussed in detail establishing the relevant hypothesis by finding the corresponding alternative variables. A process designed to turn on how self-cognition on health affects sustained-exercise behavior. Then, the empirical data are collected from the issue-level questionnaire, and the theoretical model is empirically studied by linear regression and Z-score method. Conclusion:1) Self-cognition on health has a significant effect on sustained exercise behavior (P <0.001). 2) Self-cognition on health has a significant effect on motivation (P <0.001). 3) Motivation has a significant effect on sustained exercise behavior, and 4) Self-cognition on health has a significant effect on motivation ( p <0.001), while motivation has a significant effect on sustained-exercise behavior (p <0.001). These suggest a clear mediating role of selective motivation between self-cognition on health and sustained-exercise behavior.
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