ArticleBMC public health2021
Associations between previous sport and exercise experience and physical literacy elements among physically inactive Danes.
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- Physical literacy-based intervention for chronic disease management: a quasi-experimental study protocol.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Perceived physical literacy instruments for sports club coaches: further differentiated validation.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Trends in adult physical fitness in China: an analysis of national monitoring reports (2000-2020).Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Implementing a free lending of sports and leisure equipment service: a cross-sectional survey exploring user characteristics, utilization patterns, and significance among children and youth.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Physical literacy in Europe: The current state of implementation in research, practice, and policy.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2023Article
- Research on the Relationship between Physical Literacy, Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Associations between children's physical literacy and well-being: is physical activity a mediator?BMC public health · 2022Article
- Out-of-School Sports Participation Is Positively Associated with Physical Literacy, but What about Physical Education? A Cross-Sectional Gender-Stratified Analysis during the COVID-19 Pandemic among High-School Adolescents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Physical Activity, Obesity and Weight Loss Maintenance.Handbook of experimental pharmacology · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundPhysical inactivity is recognized as a leading global public health threat. Physical Literacy, a concept describing an individual's prerequisites to participate in and adhere to physical activities, has been suggested to be a key concept in understanding physical activity in various populations. The aim of this study was to describe the prerequisites for physical activity among inactive adults in terms of their physical literacy and previous experience with sport and exercise and how these are interrelated.
methodsSample: 1033 physical inactive Danes. MEASURES: BREQ-3, ESES, the Levels of knowledge questionnaire and the physical self-confidence scale.
resultsInactive Danish adult's physical literacy scores are generally low compared to samples in other studies. Inactive adults with no or little previous experience with sport and exercise had lower levels of competences, self-efficacy and autonomous motivation for exercise and sport than the inactive with more experience. Previous sport and exercise experience was positively associated to the physical and affective domain of PL.
conclusionPrevious experience with sport and exercise is very important to consider when developing sport and exercise activities for currently inactive adults as individuals with low previous experience have lower competences and autonomous motivation and therefore need lower challenges and other important attention to the motivational climate in order to ensure that the activities are motivating enough to secure continued engagement.
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