Social support for exercise: Relationship to physical activity in young adults

Treiber, Frank A.; Baranowski, Tom; Braden, David S.; Strong, William B.; Levy, Mike; Knox, Willie

doi:10.1016/0091-7435(91)90068-f

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“…Social support from family and friends has been consistently associated with physical activity in adults. 7,23 According to the study conducted with Portuguese and Belgian adults, higher levels of walking during leisure time are associated with greater social support from the family. On the other hand, higher levels of physical activity are associated with greater social support from friends.…”

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Validade e fidedignidade de uma escala de avaliação do apoio social para a atividade física

Reis

Hallal

2011

Rev. Saúde Pública

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OBJECTIVE:To assess the validity and reliability of the Brazilian version of the physical activity social support scale for adults. METHODS:The scale was applied in conjunction with a face-to-face multidimensional questionnaire in 1,461 individuals aged between 18 and 79 years, living in Curitiba, Southeastern Brazil, between April and July 2009. The questionnaire was submitted to validity (factorial and construct) and reliability testing (internal consistency and reproducibility). Reliability was observed with the use of internal consistency, Cronbach's alpha, test-retest procedure with a one-week interval (n = 74) and intraclass correlation coeffi cient. RESULTS:Factorial analysis resulted in four factors with eigenvalues between 4.29 and 1.39, which explained 82.8% of the total variance. Factors 1 and 2 included questions about social support from friends for moderate to vigorous physical activities and walking, respectively. Factors 3 and 4 were comprised of groups of social support from the family for moderate to vigorous physical activities and walking, respectively. Reproducibility showed an intraclass correlation coeffi cient between 0.63 and 0.80 and alpha internal consistency between 0.87 and 0.91. Construct validity was observed from the signifi cant association (p < 0.005) between scores of social support for walking and moderate to vigorous physical activities. CONCLUSIONS:The instrument tested showed psychometric characteristics that were adequate for use in adult Brazilians.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Validade e fidedignidade de uma escala de avaliação do apoio social para a atividade física

Reis

Hallal

2011

Rev. Saúde Pública

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“…This finding is consistent with literature suggesting that park visitation is significantly affected by social support from family, friends, colleagues, or close relatives (Davison et al, 2003;Eyler et al, 1999;Treiber et al, 1991). Thus, park experience, both positive and negative, may be amplified through informal communication networks (i.e., word of mouth).…”

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Rethinking planning for urban parks: accessibility, use and behaviour

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Public parks and green spaces are important health promoting facilities for urban dwellers, which can bring about improved health outcomes, diminished racial tensions and reduced public stress. Access to urban parks and green spaces is purported to be associated with the development of social capital, increased community wellbeing and inclusive neighbourhoods. It is within this context that recent decades have witnessed increasing efforts in measuring and modelling park accessibility in cities.Previous studies, however, found significant inconsistency between subjectively (perceived) and objectively (geographic) measured accessibility, indicating the need to examine existing conceptualisation of park accessibility, especially at the individual perceptual level.The accessibility concept has been developed as a multi-dimensional construct that requires a more adequate understanding about its influential factors and dimensions. Existing measures of accessibility have been limited to the concept's physical and temporal dimensions, leaving other relevant factors such as social conditions and personal constraints, including perceptions, largely unexplored. This research argues for the relevance of socio-personal factors to realistically assess accessibility to urban public parks. There is also a need to clarify how accessibility influences an individual's decision-making process that ultimately leads to human behaviour of park use or nonuse, as psychological study of behavioural intentions to use parks has rarely been investigated.Following a correlational research design and cross-sectional validation approach, this research was proposed to fill these knowledge gaps.The research involved both processes of model development and model validation. Two models were proposed in this study: an expanded theory of planned behavioural (TPB) model and an integrated model of park accessibility. The first model aims to identify the role of park accessibility in influencing individual behavioural intentions towards park use and non-use. The model was developed based on the theory of planned behaviour, with three additional variables included (i.e., perceived park accessibility, geographic proximity, and past use) to compare their relative importance in influencing park use intentions. The second model was proposed based on the critical literature review of the accessibility concept. The model consists of five dimensions, including both physical and socio-personal variables that were identified as being associated with urban park access and use.Both models were empirically tested using questionnaire survey data collected from two cities of different socio-cultural settings: Brisbane (Australia) and Zhongshan (China). Within each city, iii sampling was carefully designed to represent residents of different socioeconomic backgrounds with an aim of modelling the differences between population groups. Data were analysed quantitatively using statistical methods and spatial analytical techniques. Key findings from this study incl...

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“…That is, we were attempting to help people incorporate simple activities into their everyday lives such as taking the stairs instead of the elevator, or parking further away from their destinations. We were inspired by studies that found that people can achieve health benefits by merely increasing the number of steps they take each day and that social support from friends and family showed an increase in physical activity [15,16,89,95]. With this in mind, we developed an application called Houston that encouraged small groups of friends to share their step counts and performance toward a daily step count goal via their mobile phones [19].…”

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confidence: 99%