The contribution and interplay of implicit and explicit processes on physical activity behavior: empirical testing of the physical activity adoption and maintenance (PAAM) model

• Main Authors: Darko Jekauc (Author), Ceren Gürdere (Author), Chris Englert (Author), Tilo Strobach (Author), Gioia Bottesi (Author), Steven Bray (Author), Denver Brown (Author), Lena Fleig (Author), Marta Ghisi (Author), Jeffrey Graham (Author), Mary Martinasek (Author), Nauris Tamulevicius (Author), Ines Pfeffer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract The adoption and maintenance of physical activity (PA) is an important health behavior. This paper presents the first comprehensive empirical test of the Physical Activity Adoption and Maintenance (PAAM) model, which proposes that a combination of explicit (e.g., intention) and implicit (e....