Psychosocial predictors of physical activity in adolescents

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Regular physical activity consistently demonstrates an inverse relationship with coronary heart disease and has positive effects on quality of life and ...

Regression analysis indicated that psychosocial variables were significantly related to physical activity after controlling for baseline levels of physical ...

Psychosocial Predictors of Physical Activity in Adolescents'

Despite the benefits of exercise, many youth and adults maintain a sedentary lifestyle. Interventions are needed, particularly with youth, to increase levels of ...

Psychosocial predictors of physical activity in adolescents.

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Psychosocial predictors of physical activity and health-related ...

Factors that may influence the initiation of and adherence to physical activity include age, gender, physical limitations, socioeconomic factors ...

Psychosocial predictors of changes in adolescent girls' physical ...

Changes in social cognitions targeted within a group-based mentoring program for adolescent girls were examined as predictors of changes in physical ...

Psychosocial and Environmental Predictors of Physical Activity a (n

Adolescence is a developmental period when physical activity (PA) decreases markedly. This study investigates whether access to environmental PA resources ...

Predictors of physical activity behavior change based on the current ...

This study investigated the corresponding change between psycho-social predictors and physical activity (PA) behavior and if these relationships were dependent ...

Psychosocial Correlates of Physical Activity and Sedentary Leisure ...

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effects of psychosocial predictors on female adolescents' daily ...

BACKGROUND: Despite the numerous benefits of engaging in physical activity (PA), many adolescents fall short of meeting daily recommended levels of PA, ...

"Psychosocial Correlates of Physical Activity Among School Aged ...

At the elementary level, attraction to physical activity was the single strongest predictor of physical activity for both males and females. However, at the ...

Physical Exercise, Fitness, Cognitive Functioning, and Psychosocial ...

On the other hand, it has also been observed in this study that adolescents who performed more hours of physical exercise per week and had ...

Psychosocial Predictors of Change in Physical Activity and Quality of ...

MVPA was assessed among youth (n = 294) 10-17-years-old using the ActiGraph accelerometer. Youth completed measures of demographic and individual variables ...

Psychosocial Correlates of Physical Activity in Children and ...

between selected psychosocial factors and the physical activity behaviors of children (grade 4-8) and adolescents (grades 9-12) in a rural community setting.

Physical Activity and Psychosocial Correlates in Normal Weight and ...

Results: This study showed that overweight adolescents do less intense physical activities (p < 0.001) and have less favorable psychosocial ...

An investigation of psychosocial factors related to changes in ...

Cardiovascular fitness (cycle ergometer), physical activity (3-Day Physical Activity Recall), and psychosocial variables related to physical activity (i.e., ...

Psychosocial Correlates of Physical Activity in Healthy Children

Conclusions Children and adolescents are largely sedentary. Correlates of high- and low-level physical activity are different. Time spent on sedentary ...

Psychosocial correlates of physical activity and sedentary leisure ...

Background. Low levels of physical activity (PA) and highly sedentary leisure habits (SLH) in youth may establish behavioral patterns that will predispose ...

Psychosocial and environmental predictors of calcium intake ...

Physical activity self-efficacy, friend engagement in physical activity and participation in sports teams were the strongest predictor of number of days of ...

[PDF] Physical activity, psychosocial health and life goals among youth

The findings suggest that physical activity is not per se a beneficial health behavior only through its functions and in community health programs, ...