title: Self-efficacy, pros, and cons as variables associated with adjacent stages of change for regular exercise in Japanese college students.
abstract: This study examined self-efficacy (confidence to exercise), pros (exercise's advantages), and cons (exercise's disadvantages) as variables associated across the transtheoretical model's six stages of change in 403 Japanese college students. A series of logistic regression analyses were conducted. Results showed that higher pros and lower cons were associated with being in contemplation compared to precontemplation. Lower cons were associated with being in preparation compared to contemplation. Higher self-efficacy was associated with being in action compared to preparation as well as being in maintenance compared to action. Lower cons were associated with being in termination compared to maintenance.
authors.affiliation: 1 Iwate Prefectural University, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Horiuchi
authors.affiliation: 2 Kurume University, Japan.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsuda
authors.affiliation: 3 The University of Rhode Island, USA.
authors.forename: Hisanori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.affiliation: 4 Georgia State University, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Fallon
authors.affiliation: 5 Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: cons; exercise behavior; pros; self-efficacy; transtheoretical model