Abstract
Objectives
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of mental toughness in maximising
the effect of intentions to perform rehabilitative exercises on behaviour among a
sample of people with knee pain.
Design
Cross-sectional survey, with a 2-week time-lagged assessment of exercise behaviour.
Methods
In total, 193 individuals (nfemale = 107, nmale = 84) aged between 18 and 69 years (M = 30.79, SD = 9.39) participated, with 136 (70.5%) retained at both assessment points. At time 1,
participants completed an online, multisection survey that encompassed measures of
demographic details, severity of problems associated with the knee (e.g., pain, symptoms),
past behaviour, mental toughness, and the theory of planned behaviour constructs (TPB;
attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural, intentions). Two weeks later,
participants retrospectively reported their exercise behaviour for the past 14 days
using an online survey.
Results
Moderated regression analyses indicated that mental toughness and its interaction
with intention accounted for an additional 3% and 4% of the variance in exercise behaviour,
respectively. Past behaviour, attitudes, and mental toughness all had direct effects
on behaviour, alongside a meaningful interaction between intentions and mental toughness.
Specifically, intentions had a stronger effect on exercise behaviour among those individuals
high in mental toughness compared to those low in this personal resource.
Conclusions
The results of this study shed new light on the intention–behaviour gap by indicating
that mental toughness increases the likelihood that intention is translated into action.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: July 06, 2015
Accepted:
June 5,
2015
Received in revised form:
June 1,
2015
Received:
March 26,
2015
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