title: Ethnicity and the theory of planned behavior in the exercise domain.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the moderating influence of ethnicity on the theory of planned behavior (TPB) in the exercise domain and to generate common and ethnic-specific underlying accessible beliefs.
  
  
  METHODS
  90 Caucasian and 94 African American undergraduate students completed a TPB questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Multilevel modeling analyses indicated that ethnicity and gender interacted by moderating the relationships between exercise intention and effective (beta = -0.44) and instrumental (betaeta = 0.39) attitudes. Furthermore, common and ethnic-specific underlying accessible beliefs were identified.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  When exercise interventions are developed, ethnicity and gender may need to be considered when dealing with affective and instrumental attitudes.
authors.affiliation: University of Ottawa, School of Human Kinetics, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. chblanch@uottawa.ca
authors.forename: Chris M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Blanchard
authors.forename: Ryan E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Rhodes
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nehl
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sparling
authors.forename: Kerry S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Courneya
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008297:Male; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*