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Predicting Voluntary Exercise Training among Korean Firefighters: Using Elicitation Study and the Theory of Planned Behavior.

ABSTRACT: Background: Firefighters are required to have high levels of aerobic and anaerobic power because they often perform physically demanding work in dangerous environments. Therefore, it is important to find out salient factors influencing voluntary exercise training among Korean firefighters based on well-validated theory. Methods: The present study conducted an elicitation study to elicit salient behavioral, normative, and control beliefs about exercise training among Korean firefighters and identified salient beliefs that have a significant indirect effect on behavior through intention using structural equation modeling. Results: Although ten modal salient beliefs obtained from our elicitation study are similar to those elicited from previous TPB belief-based research with a focus on exercise behavior, only three of these (i.e., "improves my physical ability" (coef. = 0.078, p = 0.006), "takes too much time" (coef. = 0.064, p = 0.023), and "colleagues" (coef. = 0.069, p = 0.016) indirectly influenced exercise training behavior through intention among Korean firefighters. Conclusions: Our results may contribute to the literature by providing important information suggesting that three modal salient beliefs are major cognitive determinants of exercise training behavior among Korean firefighters and they may play an essential role in developing effective programs or policies for promoting Korean firefighters' exercise training.

SUBMITTER: Lee CG

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7013660 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Predicting Voluntary Exercise Training among Korean Firefighters: Using Elicitation Study and the Theory of Planned Behavior.

Lee Chung Gun CG Middlestadt Susan E SE Park Seiyeong S Kwon Junhye J Noh Kyoungmin K Seo Dong-Il DI Song Wook W Park Jung-Jun JJ Lee Han-Joon HJ Kang Hyun Joo HJ Ahn Yeon Soon YS

International journal of environmental research and public health 20200110 2

<i>Background</i>: Firefighters are required to have high levels of aerobic and anaerobic power because they often perform physically demanding work in dangerous environments. Therefore, it is important to find out salient factors influencing voluntary exercise training among Korean firefighters based on well-validated theory. <i>Methods</i>: The present study conducted an elicitation study to elicit salient behavioral, normative, and control beliefs about exercise training among Korean firefigh ...[more]

PMID: 31936784

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