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BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE
Volume 49, Issue 1, Pages 7-14Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2021.1929811
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COVID-19; exercise; identified regulation; physical activity; self-efficacy
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This study investigates factors related to the maintenance of recommended levels of physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic and finds that identified regulation, self-efficacy, access to resources, and lower perceived disruption are associated with meeting physical activity guidelines.
The COVID-19 pandemic altered daily life in the United States and disrupted how people engage in routine health behaviors, such as physical activity (PA). This study investigates factors that may have helped people sustain recommended levels of moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) during this time. Using a cross-sectional design, we recruited from Amazon's Mechanical Turk in April/May 2020 a sample of individuals who reported that they had met recommended PA guidelines (>= 150 weekly MVPA minutes; N = 397) prior to structural changes brought about by COVID-19. We assessed via self-report whether these individuals were meeting recommended levels of MVPA during the COVID-19 pandemic, their intrinsic motivation and identified regulation for exercise, exercise self-efficacy, perceived disruption to their exercise routine, and access to resources for PA. Higher identified regulation, self-efficacy, access to PA resources, and lower perceived disruption were associated with meeting PA guidelines during COVID-19. These findings provide insight into factors that may be important for continued engagement in MVPA when one experiences major disruptions to their exercise routine. Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/08964289.2021.1929811 .
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