title: Theory of planned behavior and intention to exercise: effects of setting.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore whether setting type (structured versus unstructured) might moderate the relationship between specific theory of planned behavior (TPB) constructs and exercise intention. It was hypothesized that perceived behavioral control (PBC) would predict intention  only in an unstructured setting.
  
  
  METHODS
  Students (N=122) completed a questionnaire that assessed TPB constructs and exercise intention for a structured (sign up) or unstructured setting (no sign up).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Simple slopes analysis of the significant interaction revealed PBC  was a predictor of intention only in the unstructured setting.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This provides support for the suggestion that the effect of PBC on exercise intention would be moderated by setting.
authors.affiliation: College of Kinesiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. kevin.spink@usask.ca
authors.forename: Kevin S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Spink
authors.forename: Kathleen S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Jason M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bostick
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012525:Saskatchewan; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult