Table 5.

Summary of significant cardiorespiratory 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 represents 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)