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Examining the relationship between gender,age,education level and social cognitive factors in a health setting


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Wee Yu Ghee and Md. Nor Othman and Sheau Fen Yap (2011) Examining the relationship between gender,age,education level and social cognitive factors in a health setting. International Journal of Business and Management, 6 (9). pp. 79-91. ISSN 1833-8119

Abstract

Most research on exercise is dominated in the West and is seldom featured in the marketing literature. Efforts in
examining the demographic differences with respect to social cognitive factors contained in the Theory of Planned
Behavior (TPB) have been largely neglected. This paper aims to examine the relationship between gender, age,
education level and the TPB sub-components of attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control.
Conducted in Malaysia, this study employs a cross-sectional survey administered to a quota sample of 512
general adults. A fit measurement model with adequate evidence of convergent and discriminant validity is
established using confirmatory factor analysis. Overall, the results show that gender, age, and education do exert
a certain level of influence on the social cognitive factors and the subjects’ exercise behavior. The application of
socio-cognitive approach to examine the exercise behavior yielded contributions in terms of theory,
methodology, and practice.

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Item Type: Non-Indexed Article
Collection Type: Institution
Date: September 2011
Journal or Publication Title: International Journal of Business and Management
ISSN: 1833-8119
Uncontrolled Keywords: Exercise, Demographic, Social cognition, Theory of Planned Behavior, Public health promotion
Faculty/Centre/Office: Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Business
URI: http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7631
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