Berry Tanya R, Rodgers Wendy M, Markland David, Hall Craig R
1 University of Alberta.
2 Bangor University.
J Sport Exerc Psychol. 2016 Dec;38(6):579-589. doi: 10.1123/jsep.2016-0174. Epub 2016 Nov 11.
Investigating implicit-explicit concordance can aid in understanding underlying mechanisms and possible intervention effects. This research examined the concordance between implicit associations of exercise with health or appearance and related explicit motives. Variables considered as possible moderators were behavioral regulations, explicit attitudes, and social desirability. Participants (N = 454) completed measures of implicit associations of exercise with health and appearance and questionnaire measures of health and appearance motives, attitudes, social desirability, and behavioral regulations. Attitudes significantly moderated the relationship between implicit associations of exercise with health and health motives. Identified regulations significantly moderated implicit-explicit concordance with respect to associations with appearance. These results suggest that implicit and explicit exercise-related cognitions are not necessarily independent and their relationship to each other may be moderated by attitudes or some forms of behavioral regulation. Future research that takes a dual-processing approach to exercise behavior should consider potential theoretical moderators of concordance.
研究内隐-外显一致性有助于理解潜在机制和可能的干预效果。本研究考察了运动与健康或外表的内隐关联与相关外显动机之间的一致性。被视为可能调节因素的变量包括行为调节、外显态度和社会期望。参与者（N = 454）完成了运动与健康和外表的内隐关联测量，以及健康和外表动机、态度、社会期望和行为调节的问卷调查。态度显著调节了运动与健康的内隐关联与健康动机之间的关系。确定的调节因素显著调节了与外表关联的内隐-外显一致性。这些结果表明，与运动相关的内隐和外显认知不一定是独立的，它们之间的关系可能受到态度或某些形式的行为调节的影响。未来采用双加工方法研究运动行为的研究应考虑一致性的潜在理论调节因素。
