ArticleThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2015
Children's active commuting to school: an interplay of self-efficacy, social economic disadvantage, and environmental characteristics.
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- Targeting Youth Transportation Equity and Self-Efficacy to Reduce Youth Physical Activity Disparities: A Novel Approach for a Public Health 3.0 Agenda.American journal of public health · 2021Article
- Children's motivation overcame parental hesitation: active school transportation in Sweden.Health promotion international · 2019Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of overweight and obesity among schoolchildren in Hanoi, Vietnam.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Roaming the Neighbourhood: Influences of Independent Mobility Parenting Practices and Parental Perceived Environment on Children's Territorial Range.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Assessment of direct and indirect associations between children active school travel and environmental, household and child factors using structural equation modelling.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019Article
- Active School Transportation in Winter Conditions: Biking Together is Warmer.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Influence of distance, area, and cultural context in active commuting: Continental and insular children.PloS one · 2019Article
- Changes in Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectations From Child Participation in Bicycle Trains for Commuting to and From School.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2018Article
- Attitudinal, Behavioral, and Environmental Correlates of Child and Parent Self-Efficacy in Walking to School.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundActive commuting to school (ACS) can promote children's physical activity and may help prevent childhood obesity. Previous researchers in various disciplines, e.g., health, urban planning, and transportation, have identified various predictors of ACS. However, little research has been carried out into investigating the effect of self-efficacy on ACS. The purpose of this study is to investigate the roles of children's and parents' self-efficacy in children's ACS, controlling for sociodemographic and objective environmental characteristics.
methodsThis study is part of the Texas Childhood Obesity Prevention Policy Evaluation (T-COPPE) project, which includes data from 857 parent/child pairs from 74 schools who lived within two miles of school in Texas. Measures included children's usual modes of commuting to school, participants' sociodemographics, perceived self-efficacy toward ACS, sources of children's self-efficacy, school settings, and objective environmental constraints. Multilevel structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to test the hypothesized pathways using Mplus 7.0.
resultsAround 18% of the children were active commuters. Two sources of children's self-efficacy were identified, i.e., emotional states (β = 0.36, p < 0.001) and social modeling (β = 0.28, p < 0.01). Compared with children's self-efficacy (β = 0.16, p < 0.001), parents' self-efficacy (β = 0.63, p < 0.001) had a stronger influence on children's ACS. Participants' social economic disadvantage (β = 0.40, p < 0.001), environmental constraints (β = -0.49, p < 0.001), and school setting (β = -0.17, p = 0.029) all had statistically significant direct effects on children's ACS.
conclusionsFuture initiatives should consider both parents' and children's self-efficacy in developing strategies for promoting children's ACS. Social disadvantage and environmental constraints also need to be addressed for effective interventions. The work reported here provides support for the continuing exploration of the role of self-efficacy in children's ACS.
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