Ethnicity and the theory of planned behavior in the exercise domain.
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.
Blanchard
Chris M
CM
University of Ottawa, School of Human Kinetics, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. chblanch@uottawa.ca
Rhodes
Ryan E
RE
Nehl
Eric
E
Fisher
Janet
J
Sparling
Philip
P
Courneya
Kerry S
KS
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*