Abstract:
This study aimed to examine a mediated role of exercise intention in a associations between exercise-efficacy and exercise behavior and a moderated role of deliberate plan in a associations between exercise intention and exercise behavior in university students. The data was collected in exercise intenders who answered questionnaires both times. The participants in this study were 389 students aged between 18 - 24 years. The results from using mediated moderation analysis were shown that 1). 82% of participants in this research were exercise regularly 2). exercise-efficacy could predict exercise behavior directly (β = .11, p < .05) and could predict exercise behavior throught exercise intention (β = .09, p < .01) 3). deliberate plan did not moderate the relation between exercise intention but exercise behavior and deliberate plan could predict exercise behavior directly (β = .22, p < .01) 4). exercise intention, exercise-efficacy, and deliberate plan could explain 31% of exercise behavior variances. To conclude, exercise intention mediated the relation between exercise-efficacy and exercise behavior but deliberate plan did not moderate relation between exercise intention and exercise behavior. This result suggested that exercise intervention could promote exercise behavior only in exercisers who could exercise as intended. The intervention should enhance exercise-efficacy and deliberate plan to promote exercise behavior.