University of Ottawa, Canada.
J Health Psychol. 2011 May;16(4):572-83. doi: 10.1177/1359105310383602. Epub 2011 Feb 23.
Research shows that people with stronger exercise identity (EXID) exhibit greater negative affect and self-regulatory efficacy (SRE) when behaviour is inconsistent with identity. However, related attributions have not been examined. Using social cognitive and identity theories, we examined causes of failing to exercise. In a two (EXID: stronger, weaker) by two (Cause: personally-controllable, situational) design, participants (N = 224) were randomized to Cause and read a condition-relevant no-exercise vignette. MANOVA revealed main effects for Cause and EXID, p's < .001. Participants explaining their Cause differed on attributional dimensions, and stronger EXID participants reported greater negative affect and higher SRE, p's < .001.
研究表明，当行为与身份不一致时，具有更强锻炼身份认同感（EXID）的人会表现出更大的负面情绪和自我调节效能感（SRE）。然而，相关的归因尚未得到检验。本研究运用社会认知和身份认同理论，考察了无法锻炼的原因。采用 2（EXID：强、弱）×2（原因：个人可控、情境）的设计，参与者（N=224）被随机分配到原因组，并阅读与条件相关的不锻炼案例。MANOVA 显示原因和 EXID 有主效应，p 值均<.001。解释原因的参与者在归因维度上存在差异，且 EXID 较强的参与者报告了更大的负面情绪和更高的 SRE，p 值均<.001。
