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Brendan J. Smith; Joanne McVeigh; Dominika Kwasnicka; Hugh Riddell; Eleanor Quested – Health Education Journal, 2025
Background: Sufficient physical activity (PA) is important to reduce the risk of men developing chronic diseases and to improve mental health. The effectiveness of PA programmes can vary, however, among men. Individual and socio-psychological characteristics may affect the level of men's PA before starting a behaviour change programme as well as…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Predictor Variables, Physical Activity Level, Males
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Jelena Jovanovic; Dragan Gaševic; Lixiang Yan; Graham Baker; Andrew Murray; Danijela Gasevic – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2024
Background: Learner profiles detected from digital trace data are typically triangulated with survey data to explain those profiles based on learners' internal conditions (e.g., motivation). However, survey data are often analysed with limited consideration of the interconnected nature of learners' internal conditions. Objectives: Aiming to enable…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Networks, Profiles, Learning Processes
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Li Jiang; Lawrence J. Cheskin; Cara L. Frankenfeld; Ziaul H. Rana; Lilian de Jonge – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To evaluate dietary and physical activity behavior in relation to loneliness among college students. Participants: Three-hundred forty-six incoming first-year students in Fall 2019 at a large state University in the US. Methods: Students completed online surveys in Fall 2019. Multivariable regression analyses were used to model…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Health Behavior, Physical Activity Level, Health Promotion
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Smith, Nicholas David W.; Bradley-Klug, Kathy L.; Suldo, Shannon M.; Dedrick, Robert F.; Shaffer-Hudkins, Emily J. – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: Conceptualizations of health have expanded to include indicators of adolescents' physical and mental wellness, rather than solely the absence of diseases or disorders. Although extensive research has identified links between mental and physical wellness, few studies have investigated the relationship between health promotion and…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Health Promotion, Well Being, Psychological Patterns
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Zhang, Tao; Lee, Joonyoung – JTRM in Kinesiology, 2020
Physical activity behaviors children developed during their childhood have a long-term impact on their lifelong physical activity habits and healthy development, the increased levels of sedentary behavior and obesity call for immediate actions, especially during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic (Sallis et al., 2020). The COVID-19…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Physical Activity Level, Health Promotion
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Annesi, James J.; Porter, Kandice J.; Hill, Grant M.; Goldfine, Bernard D. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2017
Purpose: The aim of this research was to assess the association between university-based instructional physical activity (PA) courses and changes in overall PA levels and negative mood and their interrelations. The study also sought to determine the amount of change in PA required to significantly improve mood in course enrollees. Method:…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Psychological Patterns
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Driediger, Molly; Vanderloo, Leigh M.; Burke, Shauna M.; Irwin, Jennifer D.; Gaston, Anca; Timmons, Brian W.; Johnson, Andrew M.; Tucker, Patricia – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
This study describes the process evaluation of the Supporting Physical Activity in the Childcare Environment (SPACE) intervention, consisting of educator physical activity training, provision of portable play equipment, and a modified outdoor schedule (i.e., 4 × 30-minute periods). Educators (N = 49) from 11 childcare centers in London, Ontario,…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Intervention, Training, Faculty Development
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Koutsogeorgou, Eleni; Davies, John Kenneth; Aranda, Kay; Zissi, Anastasia; Chatzikou, Maria; Cerniauskaite, Milda; Quintas, Rui; Raggi, Alberto; Leonardi, Matilde – Health Education Journal, 2014
Objectives: This paper examines the context of health promotion actions that are focused on/contributing to strengthening social capital by increasing community participation, reciprocal trust and support as the means to achieve better health and more active ageing. Method: The methodology employed was a literature review/research synthesis, and a…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Health Promotion, Social Capital, Community Involvement
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Wasserkampf, A.; Silva, M. N.; Santos, I. C.; Carraça, E. V.; Meis, J. J. M.; Kremers, S. P. J.; Teixeira, P. J. – Health Education Research, 2014
This study analyzed psychosocial predictors of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and evaluated their associations with short- and long-term moderate plus vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and lifestyle physical activity (PA) outcomes in women who underwent a weight-management program. 221 participants (age…
Descriptors: Females, Body Weight, Self Determination, Predictor Variables
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MacNamara, Aine; Collins, Dave; Bailey, Richard; Toms, Martin; Ford, Paul; Pearce, Gemma – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2011
Background: Even though all school-aged children in most countries experience some form of curricular physical education many do not maintain a lifelong involvement in sport or physical activity. From a theoretical perspective, the development models that dominate sport are limited by their staged and linear approaches to development (e.g. Cote's…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Life Style
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Dahan-Oliel, Noemi; Mazer, Barbara; Majnemer, Annette – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Leisure participation has been associated with happiness and well-being in children. Individuals born preterm are at greater risk for motor, cognitive and behavioral difficulties which may contribute to difficulties participating in leisure activities. This systematic review examined the current knowledge on participation in leisure activities in…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Leisure Time, Premature Infants, Young Adults
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Nyman, Samuel R. – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2011
This article presents an overview of the psychosocial factors that influence older people's participation in physical activity interventions to prevent falls. The importance of psychosocial factors is stressed inasmuch as interventions will be rendered useless if they do not successfully gain the active participation of older people. The theory of…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Prevention, Physical Activity Level, Intention
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McArthur, Laura H.; Raedeke, Thomas D. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2009
Objectives: To assess sex/race differences on psychosocial correlates of physical activity among college students. Methods: Survey research protocol. Results: Students (n = 636) exercised an average of 3.5 days per week, with black females being the least active. Across subgroups, health/fitness was rated as the most important motive for exercise,…
Descriptors: College Students, Physical Activities, Health Promotion, Physical Activity Level
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Trout, Josh; Graber, Kim C. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2009
The purpose of this investigation was to examine overweight students' perceptions of and experiences in physical education. Specifically, the applicability of learned helplessness as a framework to understand their experiences was explored. Participants were seven female and five male high school students whose body mass index was at or higher…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Obesity, Body Composition, Physical Activities
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Stephens, Torrance; Braithwaite, Harold; Johnson, Larry; Harris, Catrell; Katkowsky, Steven; Troutman, Adewale – Health Education Journal, 2008
Objective: To examine impact of CVD risk reduction intervention for African-American men in the Atlanta Empowerment Zone (AEZ) designed to target anger management. Design: Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test was employed as a non-parametric alternative to the t-test for independent samples. This test was employed because the data used in this analysis…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Intervention, Physical Activities, Poverty
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