Broad versus narrow bandwidth measures of experienced automaticity for physical activity.

ABSTRACT: Objective: Physical activity is important for health, yet most young adults are insufficiently active. Physical activity is regulated in part, by habit, typically operationalised as automaticity. Little is known about the characteristics of automaticity, or whether broad bandwidth unidimensional measures of automaticity for physical activity are superior to narrower bandwidth multi- dimensional measures. Design: This secondary analysis (N = 238) investigated the nature of automaticity, and relations between the dimensions of automaticity, global automaticity, and physical activity.Main Outcome Measures: The structure of the Generic Multifaceted Automaticity Scale (GMAS) was examined by confirmatory factor analyses. Structural equation models were estimated to ev

SUBMITTER: Olson JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10188660 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature