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Table 4 Standardized total effects, direct, and indirect effects of HPMs’ constructs on physical activity behaviors derived from the Path

From: Predictors of physical activity among women in Bojnourd, north east of Iran: Pender’s health promotion model

Determinants or Predictors

Causal Effect

Direct pathways

Indirect pathway

Total effects

Through priors behaviors

0

0.38

0.38

Through perceived barriers

−0.14

− 0.03

− 0.17

Through perceived benefits

0.09

0.05

0.14

Through activity related Affects

0.007

0.04

0.05

Through perceived self-efficacy

0.26

0.11

0.37

Through interpersonal influences

−0.46

−0.17

−0.63

Through situational influences

−0.06

−0.03

− 0.09

Through commitment to PA

0.36

 

0.36

Through total causal effect

1.37

0.83

2.20

Percantage effects

1.379/2.209 = 62.42%

0.83/2.209 = 37.57%