ArticleThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2016
The moderating effect of psychosocial factors in the relation between neighborhood walkability and children's physical activity.
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- Understanding Physical Activity through Interactions Between the Built Environment and Social Cognition: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018Pooled it
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- Location-specific psychosocial and environmental correlates of physical activity and sedentary time in young adolescents: preliminary evidence for location-specific approaches from a cross-sectional observational study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Observational
- Cross-classified multilevel models (CCMM) in health research: A systematic review of published empirical studies and recommendations for best practices.SSM - population health · 2020Review
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- Moderating effect of the neighbourhood physical activity environment on the relation between psychosocial factors and physical activity in children: a longitudinal study.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2019Article
- The development and feasibility of a randomised family-based physical activity promotion intervention: the Families Reporting Every Step to Health (FRESH) study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2019Article
- An exploratory analysis of the interactions between social norms and the built environment on cycling for recreation and transport.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Interactions of psychosocial factors with built environments in explaining adolescents' active transportation.Preventive medicine · 2017Observational
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Abstract
backgroundThe study aimed to investigate if psychosocial factors moderate the association between objective walkability and different domains of children's physical activity (PA). A second aim of the study was to investigate the direct associations between psychosocial factors and children's PA. Based on previous literature, it was hypothesized that walkability would be more strongly related to PA among children with negative psychosocial profiles.
methodsData were collected between December 2011 and May 2013 as part of the Belgian Environmental Physical Activity Study in children (BEPAS-child). In total, data from 494 children and one of their parents were included in the study. Children wore an accelerometer for 7 consecutive days and together with one of their parents, they completed the Flemish Physical Activity Questionnaire. Parents filled out a questionnaire concerning their child's psychosocial factors toward PA (i.e. parental attitude toward their child's PA, parental social norm toward their child's PA, parental support, friend support, children's self-efficacy, and perceived benefits and barriers toward sports and PA). Neighborhood walkability was calculated using geographical information systems (GIS). Multilevel cross-classified analyses were conducted.
resultsOf the 42 investigated interactions between neighborhood walkability and psychosocial factors in relation to PA among children, only 7 significant interactions were found of which 3 were only significant among children from low-income neighborhoods. Parental support and self-efficacy were positive correlates of children's PA in high- and low-income neighborhoods independent of the level of walkability, but effect sizes were small.
conclusionsThe hypothesis that walkability would be more strongly related to PA among children with negative psychosocial profiles could not be confirmed and in general, psychosocial factors and objective walkability did not interact in relation to children's PA. Focusing on parental support and self-efficacy towards PA can possibly cause small effects on children's PA in both high- and low-walkable neighborhoods, as well as in high- and low-income neighborhoods.
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