Table 3.

Summary of significant physical activity findings for men

	Single-mediator models						Multiple-mediator models
	Longitudinal mediation			Contemporaneous mediation			Longitudinal mediation			Contemporaneous mediation
Mediator	α	β	Med	α	β	Med	α	β	Med	α	β	Med
Cons of exercise
Pros of exercise				√				√		√
Barriers efficacy					√						√
Performance efficacy
Cognitive processes of change		√		√				√		√
Behavioral processes of change	√			√	√	√	√			√		√

α the path from the intervention to the proposed mediating variable; β the path from the proposed mediating variable to the outcome variable; Med mediation (αβ)