Examining the Relationship Between Exercise-Related Cognitive Errors, Exercise Schema, and Implicit Associations

To better understand exercise-related cognitive errors (ECEs) from a dual processing perspective, the purpose of this study was to examine their relationship to two automatic exercise processes. It was hypothesized that ECEs would account for more variance than automatic processes in predicting inte...

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Published in:Journal of sport & exercise psychology 2021-08, Vol.43 (4), p.345-352
Main Authors: Locke, Sean R., Berry, Tanya R.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Exercise
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Summary:To better understand exercise-related cognitive errors (ECEs) from a dual processing perspective, the purpose of this study was to examine their relationship to two automatic exercise processes. It was hypothesized that ECEs would account for more variance than automatic processes in predicting intentions, that ECEs would interact with automatic processes to predict intentions, and that exercise schema would distinguish between different levels of ECEs. Adults ( N  = 136, M age  = 29 years, 42.6% women) completed a cross-sectional study and responded to three survey measures (ECEs, exercise self-schema, and exercise intentions) and two computerized implicit tasks (the approach/avoid task and single-category Implicit Association Test). ECEs were not correlated with the two implicit measures; however, ECEs moderated the relationship between approach tendency toward exercise stimuli and exercise intentions. Exercise self-schema were differentiated by ECE level. This study expands our knowledge of ECEs by examining their relationship to different automatic and reflective processes.
ISSN:0895-2779
1543-2904
DOI:10.1123/jsep.2021-0031