Time management training program: An intervention aimed at increasing exercise participation and exercise adherence

The number one reason cited by Canadians as to why they are sedentary is lack of time for exercise. The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a time management training program intervention on participants' exercise participation using the Theory of Planned behavior as the theoretical framework. The study involved 108 participants ranging in age from 18-59 randomly assigned to wait-list control or experimental conditions. The participants were given the Time Management Behavior Questionnaire (TMB) and attended a 3 hour time management training seminar. In order to control for significant differences among the two groups at baseline, a MANCOVA was completed for the follow-up data. Both the MANCOVA and the follow-up univariate results indicated significant differences. The experimental group reported using more mechanics of time management skills than the control group, and the control group reported more strenuous exercise than the experimental group.