title: Predicting Physical Activity Outcomes During Episodes of Academic Goal Conflict: The Differential Role of Action Planning and Coping Planning.
abstract: The moderating role of academic goal conflict in the relations between action planning (AP) and coping planning (CP) with physical activity was tested using samples of university students concurrently pursuing an academic and a physical activity goal. In Study 1 (N = 317), AP was found to positively relate to physical activity goal progress at low, but not at high, levels of goal conflict. CP trended toward being positively related to goal progress at high, but not at low levels of goal conflict. Study 2 (N = 97), using a 1-week daily diary design and measures of self-reported physical activity behavior and goal progress, showed that daily AP positively related to daily physical activity outcomes on days when students experienced lower, but not higher, levels of goal conflict relative to their average. Conversely, CP positively related to daily physical activity outcomes on days when students experienced higher, but not lower, levels of goal conflict.
authors.affiliation: University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada NCARR033@uottawa.ca.
authors.forename: Natasha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Carraro
authors.affiliation: University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gaudreau
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: action planning; coping planning; dual goal pursuit; goal conflict; physical activity