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Prospective and Daily Measures of Acute Thoughts, Decisional Struggle, and Coping: Measurement Correspondence and the Prediction of Exercise in Young Adults
Author(s) -
Gyurcsik Nancy C.,
Johnson Elizabeth M.,
Perrett Jamis J.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00029.x
Subject(s) - psychology , coping (psychology) , prospective cohort study , cognition , physical activity , activities of daily living , clinical psychology , physical therapy , psychiatry , medicine
Information on the daily stability–variability of decision‐making social cognitions has not been obtained. Two purposes were: (1) to examine the correspondence between 1‐week prospective and daily measures of acute exercise thoughts, decisional struggle, coping frequency, and coping self‐efficacy and (2) prediction of moderate exercise. Seventy‐seven experienced exercisers ( M age=22.36 years) completed a 1‐week prospective and daily measures of social cognitions. Prospective and aggregated daily acute thoughts were the only non‐correspondent measures. Aggregated daily acute thoughts were the only significant predictor of exercise (ß standardized =.78, p <.01). Daily acute thoughts may be a determinant of moderate exercise in experienced exercisers due to the unpredictable nature of daily events, warranting attention to making daily exercise decisions.