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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