Table 3.
Associations Between Physiological Response to Exercise and Next-day Exercise Levels, Mediated by Self-efficacy
| a Path (physiological sensation on self-efficacy) | b Path (self-efficacy on exercise) | Direct effect (c’ path) | Indirect effect | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beta estimate (SE) | p | Beta estimate (SE) | p | Beta estimate (SE) | p | Beta estimate (SE) | p | ||
| WS Effect | Piece 1 Model (Some vs. zero exercise minutes) | −0.003 (0.013) | .845 | 0.168 (0.022) | <.001 | 0.007 (0.005) | .158 | 0.000 (0.002) | .845 |
| Piece 2 Model (exercise minutes)a | 0.060 (0.014) | <.001 | −0.004 (0.003) | .148 | 0.000 (0.001) | .843 | |||
| BS Effect | Piece 1 Model (Some vs. zero exercise minutes) | −0.048 (0.016) | .003 | 0.104 (0.035) | .003 | 0.006 (0.005) | .232 | −0.005 (0.002) | .035 |
| Piece 2 Model (exercise minutes)a | 0.054 (0.028) | .050 | −0.001 (0.004) | .887 | −0.003 (0.002) | .110 | |||
All models controlled for the pre-exercise physiological state, exercise duration, participant’s weight category, baseline activity, and wave of the assessment. Bold values indicate a p value < .05.
BS between-subject; SE standard error; WS within-subject.
aExercise minutes were log-transformed.