title: Using self-reported and objective measures of self-control to predict exercise and academic behaviors among first-year university students.
abstract: Thirty students (mean age = 18 ± 0.5 years) completed self-report (Self-Control Scale) and objective (isometric handgrip squeeze performance) measures of self-control, provided their exercise and academic (study/schoolwork) plans for the next month, and then logged these behaviors over the subsequent 4-week period. Trait self-control predicted exercise and academic behavior. Handgrip squeeze performance predicted academic behavior and adherence to academic plans. Further, regression analysis revealed that trait self-control and handgrip performance explained significant variance in academic behavior. These findings provide a new understanding of how different self-control measures can be used to predict first-year students' participation in, and adherence to, exercise and academic behaviors concurrently.
authors.affiliation: McMaster University, Canada.
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Stork
authors.affiliation: McMaster University, Canada.
authors.forename: Jeffrey D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.affiliation: McMaster University, Canada.
authors.forename: Steven R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Bray
authors.affiliation: McMaster University, Canada.
authors.forename: Kathleen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Martin Ginis
mesh_terms: D000076363:Academic Success; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D057566:Self Report; D000068356:Self-Control / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: academic behavior; exercise behavior; exercise psychology; first-year university; self-control