predictors of women’s exercise behavior based on developed theory of planned behavior with action and coping planning

aim: level of physical activity as key determinant of healthy lifestyle is less than what isrequired in individuals particularly women. applying theories of behavioral change aboutcomplex behaviors such as physical activity leads to identify effective factors and their relations.the aim of this study was to determine predictors of exercise behavior based on developedtheory of planned behavior with planning constructs in military personnel’s wives.methods: we performed this cross-sectional study on 150 military personnel’s spousesresiding in organizational houses, in tehran, iran in 2013. the participants were randomlyselected with multi-stage cluster sampling. the validity and reliability of developed scalewere evaluated before conducting the path analysis. data were analyzed using spss.16 andlisrel8.8.finding: the developed model predicted 48, 11, 12 and 35 percent of the variance inintention, action planning, coping planning and behavior, respectively. subjective norms(beta=0.35, p