A missing piece of the transtheoretical model applied to exercise: Development and validation of the temptation to not exercise scale

Building upon previous research examining the Transtheoretical Model (Proch aska & DiClemente, 1986), this paper presents two studies on the developmen t and validation of a Temptation To Not Exercise Scale, Exploratory and con firmatory factor analyses results showed evidence of two factors, labeled A ffect and Competing Demands, which had adequate internal consistency scores . Additional validity of the temptation constructs was demonstrated by the significant decrease of the Affect and Competing Demands scores across the stages of change and the negative relationship between self-efficacy and th e Affect and Competing Demands scores. The Temptation to Not Exercise Scale may represent a useful component in the application of the Transtheoretica l Model to help understand. predict. and explain exercise behavior.