ArticleInternational journal of behavioral medicine2004
Perceived environment and physical activity in youth.
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- The school environment and adolescent physical activity and sedentary behaviour: a mixed-studies systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2016Pooled it
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- Multidimensional school features associated with physical activity among youth at risk of obesity: an exploratory principal component and generalized estimating equation analysis.BMC public health · 2023Article
- The Impact of the Built Environment and Social Environment on Physical Activity: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Association of Individual and Neighborhood Characteristics to Problematic Internet Use among Youths and Adolescents: Evidence from Vietnam.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Qualitative changes in children's physical activity and sedentary behaviours throughout the COVID-19 pandemic: The HomeSPACE project.PloS one · 2023Article
- Google Street View Images as Predictors of Patient Health Outcomes, 2017-2019.Big data and cognitive computing · 2022Article
- School environment and physical activity in adolescents from São Paulo city.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Correlates of physical activity in fifth-grade students in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.Sports medicine and health science · 2020Article
- An examination of school- and student-level characteristics associated with the likelihood of students' meeting the Canadian physical activity guidelines in the COMPASS study.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2017Article
- All in the family: correlations between parents' and adolescent siblings' weight and weight-related behaviors.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2015Article
- School influences on the physical activity of African American, Latino, and White girls.The Journal of school health · 2015Article
- Physical Activity Design Guidelines for School Architecture.PloS one · 2015Article
- What Matters When Children Play: Influence of Social Cognitive Theory and Perceived Environment on Levels of Physical Activity Among Elementary-Aged Youth.Psychology of sport and exercise · 2014Article
- Relations between the school physical environment and school social capital with student physical activity levels.BMC public health · 2013Article
- Validity of a self-report survey tool measuring the nutrition and physical activity environment of primary schools.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2013Article
- Cognitive influences as mediators of family and peer support for pediatric cancer survivors' physical activity.Psycho-oncology · 2013Article
- Influence of schoolyard renovations on children's physical activity: the Learning Landscapes Program.American journal of public health · 2010Article
- The environment and physical activity: The influence of psychosocial, perceived and built environmental factors.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2009Article
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Abstract
The examination of physical environments to explain and promote physical activity is an important yet under-investigated area of research inquiry. This study explored relationships between the perceived availability of physical environmental resources and the perceived importance of these resources in relation to physical activity levels amongst youth. A self-report questionnaire was completed by 610 students (mean age = 15.5 years old; 62% female participants) from four high schools (grades 9-12) in rural Alberta, Canada. Perceived physical environment constructs explained 5% of the variance in physical activity, with home, neighborhood, and school as significant domains. Perceived importance constructs explained 8% of the variance in physical activity with school context showing the only significant relationship with physical activity. A hierarchical regression analysis entered sex, grade, self-efficacy, peer, family and physical education teacher relationships, as the first block and eight environmental constructs as the second block. The first block variables accounted for 22% of the variance and environmental constructs accounted for an added 4% of the variance in physical activity. Perceived importance of the school environment was the only environment variable significantly associated with physical activity (beta = .14; p < .05) after taking into account the impact of these traditional predictors. These findings reinforce the need to provide and support school physical environments related to physical activity.
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