Psycho-social correlates of physical activity in young adolescents
A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the association between demographic and psychosocial factors with physical activity levels of four hundred, 13 year-old adolescents in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children (PAQ-C) was used to assess physic...
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| author | S. P., Dan M. T., Mohd Nasir |
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| description | A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the association between demographic
and psychosocial factors with physical activity levels of four hundred, 13 year-old adolescents in
Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children (PAQ-C) was used to
assess physical activity levels among the participants. The respondents comprised 41.8% males
and 58.2% females encompassing 56.2% Malays, 42.0% Chinese, and 1.8% Indians. More than one
third of the respondents were in the low physical activity level, most (61.5%) were in the moderate
category and only 3.0% were in the high physical activity level. Males were more physically
active than females (c2=23.667, p=0.0001). Female adolescents (45.1%) were twice as many as male
respondents (22.1%) to fall in the low physical activity level category. Physical activity level was
not correlated with ethnicity, but there was a significant interaction effect of sex and ethnicity in
mean physical activity score (F=8.343, p=0.004) which indicated that Malay males had a higher
mean physical activity score compared to Chinese males while Chinese females had a higher
mean physical activity score than Malay females. For psycho-social factors, physical activity was
positively correlated with physical activity self-efficacy (r=0.496, p=0.0001), peer influence (r=0.468,
p=0.0001), family influence (r=0.298, p=0.0001) and beliefs for physical activity outcome (r=0.207,
p=0.0001) while negatively associated with depression (r=-0.116, p=0.021) and body size discrepancy
(r=-0.143, p<0.01). Further, respondents who had a better perception of their current health status
were more physically active (c2=21.062, p=0.0001). However, physical activity was not correlated
with perception of weight status and body parts satisfaction. Multivariate analysis showed that
physical activity self-efficacy, sex and peer influence were found to be significant in explaining
physical activity among adolescents. Findings from this study suggest that physical activity
intervention should include physical activity self-efficacy and social influence components in
interventions designed to promote regular physical activity in adolescence.
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| spelling | upm-68062010-05-21T02:07:07Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6806/ Psycho-social correlates of physical activity in young adolescents S. P., Dan M. T., Mohd Nasir A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the association between demographic and psychosocial factors with physical activity levels of four hundred, 13 year-old adolescents in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children (PAQ-C) was used to assess physical activity levels among the participants. The respondents comprised 41.8% males and 58.2% females encompassing 56.2% Malays, 42.0% Chinese, and 1.8% Indians. More than one third of the respondents were in the low physical activity level, most (61.5%) were in the moderate category and only 3.0% were in the high physical activity level. Males were more physically active than females (c2=23.667, p=0.0001). Female adolescents (45.1%) were twice as many as male respondents (22.1%) to fall in the low physical activity level category. Physical activity level was not correlated with ethnicity, but there was a significant interaction effect of sex and ethnicity in mean physical activity score (F=8.343, p=0.004) which indicated that Malay males had a higher mean physical activity score compared to Chinese males while Chinese females had a higher mean physical activity score than Malay females. For psycho-social factors, physical activity was positively correlated with physical activity self-efficacy (r=0.496, p=0.0001), peer influence (r=0.468, p=0.0001), family influence (r=0.298, p=0.0001) and beliefs for physical activity outcome (r=0.207, p=0.0001) while negatively associated with depression (r=-0.116, p=0.021) and body size discrepancy (r=-0.143, p<0.01). Further, respondents who had a better perception of their current health status were more physically active (c2=21.062, p=0.0001). However, physical activity was not correlated with perception of weight status and body parts satisfaction. Multivariate analysis showed that physical activity self-efficacy, sex and peer influence were found to be significant in explaining physical activity among adolescents. Findings from this study suggest that physical activity intervention should include physical activity self-efficacy and social influence components in interventions designed to promote regular physical activity in adolescence. Nutrition Society of Malaysia 2008-09 Article PeerReviewed S. P., Dan and M. T., Mohd Nasir (2008) Psycho-social correlates of physical activity in young adolescents. Malaysian Journal of Nutrition, 14 (2(supplement)). S23-S23. ISSN 1394-035X http://www.nutriweb.org.my/publications/mjn0014_2/supplement.pdf English |
| spellingShingle | S. P., Dan M. T., Mohd Nasir Psycho-social correlates of physical activity in young adolescents |
| title | Psycho-social correlates of physical activity in young adolescents |
| title_full | Psycho-social correlates of physical activity in young adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Psycho-social correlates of physical activity in young adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psycho-social correlates of physical activity in young adolescents |
| title_short | Psycho-social correlates of physical activity in young adolescents |
| title_sort | psycho-social correlates of physical activity in young adolescents |
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