ArticleThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2012
Multilevel predictors of adolescent physical activity: a longitudinal analysis.
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- Physical Activity Behavior from a Transdisciplinary Biopsychosocial Perspective: a Scoping Review.Sports medicine - open · 2020Article
- Self-efficacy, beliefs, and goals: Moderation of declining physical activity during adolescence.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2019Article
- Change in Children's Physical Activity: Predictors in the Transition From Elementary to Middle School.American journal of preventive medicine · 2019Observational
- Cross-sectional and prospective associations between sleep, screen time, active school travel, sports/exercise participation and physical activity in children and adolescents.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Where and when adolescents are physically active: Neighborhood environment and psychosocial correlates and their interactions.Preventive medicine · 2017Observational
- Correlates of long-term physical activity adherence in women.Journal of sport and health science · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo examine how factors from a social ecologic model predict physical activity (PA) among adolescents using a longitudinal analysis.
methodsParticipants in this longitudinal study were adolescents (ages 10-16 at baseline) and one parent enrolled in the Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer-Identifying Determinants of Eating and Activity (TREC-IDEA) and the Etiology of Childhood Obesity (ECHO). Both studies were designed to assess a socio-ecologic model of adolescent obesity risk. PA was collected using ActiGraph activity monitors at two time points 24 months apart. Other measures included objective height and weight, adolescent and parent questionnaires on multilevel psychological, behavioral and social determinants of PA, and a home PA equipment inventory. Analysis was conducted using SAS, including descriptive characteristics, bivariate and stepped multivariate mixed models, using baseline adjustment. Models were stratified by gender.
resultsThere were 578 adolescents with complete data. Results suggest few statistically significant longitudinal associations with physical activity measured as minutes of MVPA or total counts from accelerometers. For boys, greater self-efficacy (B = 0.75, p = 0.01) and baseline MVPA (B = 0.55, p < 0.01) remained significantly associated with MVPA at follow-up. A similar pattern was observed for total counts. For girls, baseline MVPA (B = 0.58, p = 0.01) and barriers (B = -0.32, p = 0.05) significantly predicted MVPA at follow-up in the full model. The full multilevel model explained 30% of the variance in PA among boys and 24% among girls.
conclusionsPA change in adolescents is a complex issue that is not easily understood. Our findings suggest early PA habits are the most important predictor of PA levels in adolescence. Intervention may be necessary prior to middle school to maintain PA through adolescence.
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