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Table 1 Correlations and descriptives of behaviour, social cognitions, goal facilitation and goal conflict (n = 44)

From: Goal conflict, goal facilitation, and health professionals' provision of physical activity advice in primary care: An exploratory prospective study

Variables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Mean SD
1. Behaviour1 --            0.44 0.37
2. Intention2 0.50** --           5.00 1.54
3. PBC2 0.29 0.48** --          5.02 1.32
4. Attitude2 0.55** 0.62** 0.37* --         5.64 1.20
5. Subjective norm2 0.27 0.42** 0.31* 0.52** --        4.86 1.25
6. Goal facilitation2 0.50** 0.52** 0.49** 0.60** 0.44** --       5.39 1.10
7. Goal conflict2 -0.43** -0.15 -0.34** -0.23 0.01 -0.20 --      4.02 1.61
8. Age (years) 0.16 0.01 -0.05 0.15 0.12 -0.10 -0.07 --     45.95 8.53
9. Graduation year -0.16 -0.09 0.06 -0.09 -0.22 0.06 0.01 -0.94** --    1986 9.35
             n (%)
10. Sex -0.16 -0.21 -0.02 -0.21 -0.15 -0.01 -0.10 0.26 -0.23 --   n = 23 (52%) women
11. Occupation 0.58** 0.25 0.14 0.34* 0.15 0.19 -0.16 0.08 -0.06 -0.42** -- 37 GPs, 7 nurses
12. Full- or part-time3 0.13 0.24 0.08 0.23 0.02 0.10 0.05 -0.18 0.16 -0.65** 0.26 n = 21 (48%) full-time
  1. **p<0.01; *p<0.05
  2. 1 Proportion of patients provided with advice out of the number of patients seen in past two weeks
  3. 2 7-point Likert scales, with higher scores representing agreement
  4. 3 Five participants did not respond. Correlations with full- versus- part-time are based on n = 39
  5. Note. PBC = Perceived behavioural control
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