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The role of physical activity enjoyment in the pathways from the social and physical environments to physical activity of early adolescent girls.


ABSTRACT: Most girls experience a notable decline in physical activity (PA) in early adolescence, increasing their risk for harmful health outcomes. Enjoyment for PA (i.e., positive feelings toward PA) is a determinant of PA among girls during adolescence and sustained PA throughout adulthood. Previous studies recommended increasing girls' PA enjoyment in order to increase their PA, but did not include environmental-level strategies for how families, schools, or communities do this. To gain insight on such strategies, this study examines the role of PA enjoyment as a mediator of social and physical environments to moderate-to-vigorous intensity PA of early adolescent girls. Cross-sectional, secondary analyses, using structural equation modeling, were conducted on a U.S. national dataset of 1721 sixth grade girls from the Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls in 2003. Mediation model fit parameters included ?2 (292, N?=?1721)?=?947.73 p?

SUBMITTER: Budd EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5985153 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The role of physical activity enjoyment in the pathways from the social and physical environments to physical activity of early adolescent girls.

Budd Elizabeth L EL   McQueen Amy A   Eyler Amy A AA   Haire-Joshu Debra D   Auslander Wendy F WF   Brownson Ross C RC  

Preventive medicine 20180212


Most girls experience a notable decline in physical activity (PA) in early adolescence, increasing their risk for harmful health outcomes. Enjoyment for PA (i.e., positive feelings toward PA) is a determinant of PA among girls during adolescence and sustained PA throughout adulthood. Previous studies recommended increasing girls' PA enjoyment in order to increase their PA, but did not include environmental-level strategies for how families, schools, or communities do this. To gain insight on suc  ...[more]

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