Can Personality Bridge the Intention-behavior Gap to Predict Who Will Exercise?
Objectives: To explore whether HEXACO personality domains could incrementally increase the prediction of exercise behavior above Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) variables, and whether personality moderated the intention behavior gap. Methods: US College students (N = 1017) completed demographic, TP...
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| author | MacCann, C. Todd, J. Mullan, Barbara Roberts, R. |
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| description | Objectives: To explore whether HEXACO personality domains could incrementally increase the prediction of exercise behavior above Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) variables, and whether personality moderated the intention behavior gap. Methods: US College students (N = 1017) completed demographic, TPB, HEXACO domain and exercise behavior measures. Results: The TPB predicted physical activity, accounting for 45% and 39% of variance in intention and behavior, respectively. Regarding personality domains, lower emotionality significantly predicted intention, and lower honesty-humility significantly predicted behavior, but these were small effects. Personality did not moderate the intention-behavior gap. Conclusions: Personality has a limited direct role in predicting exercise intention and behavior beyond the TPB. The prediction of exercise behavior from honesty-humility highlights the importance of considering the HEXACO personality model. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-394342017-09-13T14:25:26Z Can Personality Bridge the Intention-behavior Gap to Predict Who Will Exercise? MacCann, C. Todd, J. Mullan, Barbara Roberts, R. HEXACO Theory of Planned Behavior exercise personality Objectives: To explore whether HEXACO personality domains could incrementally increase the prediction of exercise behavior above Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) variables, and whether personality moderated the intention behavior gap. Methods: US College students (N = 1017) completed demographic, TPB, HEXACO domain and exercise behavior measures. Results: The TPB predicted physical activity, accounting for 45% and 39% of variance in intention and behavior, respectively. Regarding personality domains, lower emotionality significantly predicted intention, and lower honesty-humility significantly predicted behavior, but these were small effects. Personality did not moderate the intention-behavior gap. Conclusions: Personality has a limited direct role in predicting exercise intention and behavior beyond the TPB. The prediction of exercise behavior from honesty-humility highlights the importance of considering the HEXACO personality model. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39434 10.5993/AJHB.39.1 PNG Publications restricted |
| spellingShingle | HEXACO Theory of Planned Behavior exercise personality MacCann, C. Todd, J. Mullan, Barbara Roberts, R. Can Personality Bridge the Intention-behavior Gap to Predict Who Will Exercise? |
| title | Can Personality Bridge the Intention-behavior Gap to Predict Who Will Exercise? |
| title_full | Can Personality Bridge the Intention-behavior Gap to Predict Who Will Exercise? |
| title_fullStr | Can Personality Bridge the Intention-behavior Gap to Predict Who Will Exercise? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can Personality Bridge the Intention-behavior Gap to Predict Who Will Exercise? |
| title_short | Can Personality Bridge the Intention-behavior Gap to Predict Who Will Exercise? |
| title_sort | can personality bridge the intention-behavior gap to predict who will exercise? |
| topic | HEXACO Theory of Planned Behavior exercise personality |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39434 |