Table 3.

Examination of the mediating effect of exercise identification (W).

	Standardized regression equation	Regression coefficient test
First step	y = 0.33x	SE = 0.08, t = 6.48***
Second step	w = 0.48x	SE = 0.11, t = 10.27***
Third step	y = 0.26x	SE = 0.09, t = 4.48***
	+0.15w	SE = 0.33, t = 2.59*

^*p < 0.05,

^***p < 0.001.