Maintaining Physical Exercise: How Locomotion Mode Moderates the Full Attitude-Intention-Behavior Relation

This study tested the possibility that the strength of locomotion regulatory orientation moderates the full path from attitudes to intentions and from intentions to actual maintenance of physical exercise over a 6-month period. Results show that chronic locomotion concerns moderate the full attitude-intention-behavior relation: The more that individuals had locomotion concerns, the more their positive attitudes toward physical exercise translated into intentions to engage in physical exercise, and the more their intentions translated into actual behavior. These results have important practical implications because previous studies have shown that locomotion concerns can be induced by situational factors. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.