Intention of Regular Exercise Among Pregnant Women: Theory of Planned Behavior

Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore the regular exercise behavioral intention on Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) among pregnancy women and evaluated the model goodness of fit. Methods  Participants Using purposive sampling, the researchers invited pregnant women from the obstetrics outpatient clinics of three medical centers in northern Taiwan to participate. The 621 participants had an average age of 31.76, were in at least their 12thweek of gestation and were not experiencing any problems with their pregnancy.  Instruments The selfadministered questionnaire asked about participants’ age, education, job, family, knowledge pertaining to exercise during pregnancy, and attitude toward regular exercise during their own pregnancy. CVI values were95-100% and Cronbach’s α values were.71-.95.  Analysis The data was analyzed using SPSS 14.0 software and LISREL 8.72 software. Results Intention of Regular Exercise among Pregnant Women: Theory of Planned Behavior