Development of Questionnaires to Measure Psychosocial Influences on Children's Physical Activity

Saunders, Ruth P.; Pate, Russell R.; Felton, Gwen M.; Dowda, Marsha; Weinrich, Martin C.; Ward, Dianne S.; Parsons, Mickey L.; Baranowski, Tom

doi:10.1006/pmed.1996.0134

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“…The support seeking factor contained two self-efficacy task items, "I think I can be physically active most days after school" and "I think I have the skills I need to be physically active" with several proxy efficacy items, such as "I think I can ask my parent or other adult to take me to a physical activity or sport practice." It is interesting that in our study the task self-efficacy item loaded with the barrier items but in the Saunders and colleagues study, 17 the task self-efficacy items loaded on the support seeking factor. It may be that the two task items loaded on this factor because the support seeking scale in the Saunders study was the first factor explaining the largest variance in the model.…”

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“…If there were more than two task items in the Saunders study, 17 then they may have found that the support seeking scale only included proxy agency items and self-efficacy was an independent scale. Subsequent recent research on the Saunders and colleagues 17 scale established a unidimensional seven-item version for high school girls. 14,24 A number of studies have demonstrated that an unidimensional self-efficacy measure is a useful tool to contribute to the literature.…”

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Children's self-efficacy and proxy efficacy for after-school physical activity

Dzewaltowski

Geller

Rosenkranz

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Psychology of Sport and Exercise

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Children's self-efficacy and proxy efficacy for after-school physical activity

Dzewaltowski

Geller

Rosenkranz

et al. 2010

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

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“…Hypothesized psychosocial determinants of physical activity included physical activity selfef®cacy, social norms regarding physical activity, and beliefs regarding physical activity outcomes. The physical activity self-ef®cacy, social in¯uence and belief scales were modeled on the measurement scales developed by Saunders et al 35 Responses to each item were recorded on three-point scales (yes, no and not sure). A brief description of these scales and their associated reliability coef®cients (Cronbach's a) is provided in Table 1.…”

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Physical activity and determinants of physical activity in obese and non-obese children

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OBJECTIVE:To compare the physical activity (PA) patterns and the hypothesized psychosocial and environmental determinants of PA in an ethnically diverse sample of obese and non-obese middle school children. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SUBJECTS: One-hundred and thirty-three non-obese and 54 obese sixth grade children (mean age of 11.4 AE 0.6). Obesity status determined using the age-, race-and gender-speci®c 95th percentile for BMI from NHANES-1. MEASUREMENTS: Objective measurements were collected of PA over a 7-day period using the CSA 7164 accelerometer: total daily counts; daily moderate (3 ± 5.9 METs) physical activity (MPA); daily vigorous physical activity ( ! 6 METs; VPA); and weekly number of 5, 10 and 20 min bouts of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity ( ! 3 METs, MVPA). Self-report measures were collected of PA self-ef®cacy; social in¯uences regarding PA, beliefs about PA outcomes; perceived PA levels of parents and peers, access to sporting andaor ®tness equipment at home, involvement in community-based PA organizations; participation in community sports teams; and hours spent watching television or playing video games. RESULTS: Compared to their non-obese counterparts, obese children exhibited signi®cantly lower daily accumulations of total counts, MPA and VPA as well as signi®cantly fewer 5, 10 and 20 min bouts of MVPA. Obese children reported signi®cantly lower levels of PA self-ef®cacy, were involved in signi®cantly fewer community organizations promoting PA and were signi®cantly less likely to report their father or male guardian as physically active. CONCLUSIONS:The results are consistent with the hypothesis that physical inactivity is an important contributing factor in the maintenance of childhood obesity. Interventions to promote PA in obese children should endeavor to boost self-ef®cacy perceptions regarding exercise, increase awareness of, and access to, community PA outlets, and increase parental modeling of PA.

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“…Carefully planned and collected process evaluation data are then used to help clarify relationships among theoretical constructs and enhance understanding of program effects by linking intervention exposure to study outcomes [8,43,[47][48][49][50]. An overview of the study measures are provided in Table 3 (primary outcome) and 4 (cognitive and motivational mediators) [51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61]. These are the outputs that are presented in the logic model.…”

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An overview of “The Active by Choice Today” (ACT) trial for increasing physical activity

Wilson

Kitzman-Ulrich

Williams

et al. 2008

Contemporary Clinical Trials

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Background: Although school-based behavioral interventions for increasing physical activity (PA) in children and adolescents have been conducted, little evidence suggests that these curriculum-based approaches lead to increases in overall activity outside of program days. The overall goal of the "Active by Choice Today" (ACT) trial is to expand the body of knowledge concerning the factors that influence long-term increases in PA in underserved adolescents (low socioeconmic status, minorities) during their middle school years. Design and setting:An overview of the ACT study design, theoretical framework, process evaluation, and primary hypotheses is presented. The trial involves twenty-four middle schools (1560 6th graders) in South Carolina that are randomly assigned to one of two after-school programs (motivational and life skills intervention, or general health education). Intervention:The intervention integrates constructs from Self-Determination and Social Cognitive Theories to enhance intrinsic motivation and behavioral skills for PA. The intervention targets skill development for PA outside of program days and the after-school program social environment Publisher's Disclaimer: This article was published in an Elsevier journal. The attached copy is furnished to the author for non-commercial research and education use, including for instruction at the author's institution, sharing with colleagues and providing to institution administration. Other uses, including reproduction and distribution, or selling or licensing copies, or posting to personal, institutional or third party websites are prohibited. (autonomy, choice, participation, belongingness, fun, enjoyment, support) is designed to positively impact cognitive mediators (self-efficacy, perceived competence), and motivational orientation (intrinsic motivation, commitment, positive self-concept). NIH Public Access Main hypotheses/outcomes:It is hypothesized that the 17-week motivational and life skills intervention will lead to greater increases in moderate-to-vigorous PA (based on 7-day accelerometry estimates) at post-intervention as compared to the general health education program. Conclusions:Implications of this innovative school-based trial are discussed.

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Development of Questionnaires to Measure Psychosocial Influences on Children's Physical Activity

Cited by 253 publications

References 25 publications

Children's self-efficacy and proxy efficacy for after-school physical activity

Children's self-efficacy and proxy efficacy for after-school physical activity

Physical activity and determinants of physical activity in obese and non-obese children

An overview of “The Active by Choice Today” (ACT) trial for increasing physical activity

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