Table 2.
Results of the cross-sectional test for mediation predicting MVPA (N = 142).
| 5000 sample bootstrapping |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictors | b (SE) | t Score | p-value | b (SE) | 95% BCa CI |
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Step One (pathway a); Dependent Variable = Intrinsic Motivation | |||||
| Constant | 0.03 (0.32) | 0.09 | 0.92 | ||
| Gender | –0.20 (0.20) | –0.14 | 0.88 | ||
| VO2 L/min | 0.79 (0.32) | 2.43 | 0.01 | ||
| FS | 0.25 (0.05) | 4.60 | 0.0000 | ||
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Step Two (paths b and c′); Dependent Variable = Time One MVPA | |||||
| Constant | 18.40 (4.90) | 3.75 | 0.000 | ||
| Gender | –12.36 (3.09) | –3.99 | 0.000 | ||
| VO2 L/min | 9.05 (5.01) | 1.80 | 0.07 | ||
| FS | 0.60 (0.88) | 0.68 | 0.49 | ||
| IM | 3.81 (1.28) | 2.97 | 0.003 | ||
| Indirect effect | 0.09 (0.03) | [0.038, 0.177] | |||
VO2 L/min, cardiorespiratory fitness; FS, affective response to exercise; IM, intrinsic motivation; MVPA, minutes per day of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.