Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Mar 1997
A prospective study of the determinants of physical activity in rural fifth-grade children.
Understanding the factors that influence physical activity behavior is important in the design of intervention programs targeted at youth. ⋯ Social-cognitive constructs such as physical activity self-efficacy, access to community physical activity outlets, and positive beliefs regarding physical activity outcomes are important predictors of future physical activity behavior among rural, predominantly African-American children.
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Preventive medicine · Mar 1997
Development of questionnaires to measure psychosocial influences on children's physical activity.
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate questionnaires used to measure psychosocial determinants of physical activity in preadolescent children. ⋯ Three scales to measure psychosocial determinants of physical activity were refined for use with rural, predominantly African-American, preadolescent children, and shown to be both reliable and valid. Factor analysis resulted in interpretable subscales that may be used as variables. These preliminary results provide support for using the scales to measure influences on activity in children.