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Naturally-occurring changes in social-cognitive factors modify change in physical activity during early adolescence.
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- Testing the Weiss-Harter-Model in a prospective study design: the importance of perceived social support for youth physical activity.German journal of exercise and sport research · 2023Article
- A Summary of One Research Team's Contributions to Understanding Physical Activity Behavior in Children and Youth.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Longitudinal association of biological maturation with physical activity behaviors in girls transitioning from 5th to 7th grade.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2022Article
- Patterns of age-related change in physical activity during the transition from elementary to high school.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Predictors of physical activity behavior change based on the current stage of change-an analysis of young people from Hawai'i.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2022Article
- Barriers to Physical Activity in Spanish Children and Adolescents: Sex and Educational Stage Differences.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Walkability indices and children's walking behavior in rural vs. urban areas.Health & place · 2021Article
- Changes in Physical Activity Behaviour and Psychosocial Correlates Unique to the Transition from Primary to Secondary Schooling in Adolescent Females: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Association of biological maturation with the development of motor competence in Austrian middle school students-a 3-year observational study.Translational pediatrics · 2019Article
- Shaping the adult brain with exercise during development: Emerging evidence and knowledge gaps.International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience · 2019Review
- The Importance of Pedestrian Network Connectivity for Adolescent Health: A Cross-sectional Examination of Associations between Neighbourhood Built Environments and Metabolic Health in the Pacific Islands Families Birth Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- 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
- Increasing physical activity among children and adolescents: Innovative ideas needed.Journal of sport and health science · 2019Article
- Testing the Weiss-Harter-Model: Physical Activity, Self-Esteem, Enjoyment, and Social Support in Children and Adolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
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purposeTo determine whether naturally-occurring changes in children's motives and beliefs are associated with the steep decline in physical activity observed from childhood to early adolescence.
methodsLatent growth modeling was applied in longitudinal tests of social-cognitive influences, and their interactions, on physical activity in a large cohort of boys and girls evaluated annually between 5th and 7th grades.
resultsMeasurement equivalence of motives and beliefs was confirmed between boys and girls. After adjustment for gender and maturity differences, physical activity declined less in children who reported the least decreases in self-efficacy for overcoming barriers to activity and perceived parental support. Physical activity also declined less in students who persistently felt they had more parental and friend support for activity compared to those who reported the largest decrease in support from friends. After further adjustment for race, the decline in physical activity was less in those who had the largest decrease in perceived barriers and maintained a favorable perception of their neighborhood environment. Changes in enjoyment and social motives were unrelated to change in physical activity.
conclusionUsing an objective measure of physical activity, we confirm that naturally-occurring changes in children's beliefs about barriers to physical activity and their ability to overcome them, as well as perceptions of their neighborhood environment and social support, are concurrent with age-related declines in children's physical activity. The longitudinal findings confirm these putative social-cognitive mediators as plausible, interacting targets of interventions designed to mitigate the marked decline in physical activity that occurs during the transition between elementary and middle schools.
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