The Relationship between Health Consciousness and Home-Based Exercise in China during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bo Pu, Lu Zhang, Zhiwei Tang and Yanjun Qiu
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Bo Pu: College of Tourism, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611830, China
Lu Zhang: College of Tourism, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611830, China
Zhiwei Tang: School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
Yanjun Qiu: Department of Strategy and Discipline, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 611756, China

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 16, 1-18

Abstract: During the COVID-19 pandemic, people have reduced the frequency of going out, and need to engage in health behaviors at home. Home-based exercise has aroused people’s attention. This paper aims to examine the influencing mechanism of health consciousness on home-based exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic. A questionnaire method was used to select 449 Chinese respondents on an online platform; the questionnaire includes a health consciousness scale, health life goal scale, perceived behavioral control scale, and the home-based exercise scale. A T -test was used to conduct differential analysis. The hierarchical regression analysis method was used to examine the relationship between health consciousness and home-based exercise, and the Hayes’ SPSS PROCESS macro was used to test mediating effect. The results show that there are significant differences in home-based exercise with respect to gender, age, and marital status. Health consciousness has a significant positive effect on home-based exercise. Perceived behavioral control acts as the mediator between health consciousness and home-based exercise. Health consciousness can influence home-based exercise through health life goals and perceived behavioral control in turn. This paper takes a home-based exercise survey, and expands the theoretical research of home-based exercise. The findings suggest that people should pay attention to promoting the transformation of health consciousness into home-based exercise. It provides enlightenment for people to adopt health behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: health consciousness; home-based exercise; health life goal; perceived behavioral control; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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