A Two Year Comparison Of The Psychosocial Correlates Of Physical Activity For Middle School Youth

2009 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 411
Author(s):  
Teresa Fitts
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Middle School ◽  
Psychosocial Correlates ◽  
Middle School Youth ◽  
School Youth

Measurement of Self-Efficacy and Proxy Efficacy for Middle School Youth Physical Activity

2007 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 310-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Dzewaltowski ◽  
Konstantinos Karteroliotis ◽  
Greg Welk ◽  
Judy A. Johnston ◽  
Dan Nyaronga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Middle School ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
After School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Middle School Youth ◽  
Proxy Efficacy ◽  
School Youth

This study developed youth self-efficacy (SEPA) and proxy efficacy (PEPA) measures for physical activity (PA). Proxy efficacy was defined as a youth’s confidence in his or her skills and abilities to get others to act in one’s interests to create supportive environments for PA. Each spring of their sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade years, middle school students completed SEPA and PEPA questions and then, for 3 days, recalled their previous day’s after-school PA. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed a four-factor structure (SEPA for 1–3 days, SEPA for 5–7 days, PEPA-Parents, PEPA-School). Across study years, SEPA 1–3 days and 5–7 days increased and PEPA-Parents and PEPA-School decreased. Initial levels of PEPA-Parents and SEPA scales were associated with initial levels of PA. From sixth through seventh grade, changes in SEPA scales were associated with changes in PA. Studies should test whether interventions targeting self-efficacy and proxy efficacy influence PA.

Gender comparisons of perceived benefits of and barriers to physical activity in middle school youth

2009 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorraine B. Robbins ◽  
Alla Sikorskii ◽  
Lauren M. Hamel ◽  
Tsu-Yin Wu ◽  
JoEllen Wilbur
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Middle School ◽  
Perceived Benefits ◽  
Gender Comparisons ◽  
Middle School Youth ◽  
School Youth ◽  
Barriers To Physical Activity

Comparison of a computerized physical activity recall with a triaxial motion sensor in middle-school youth

1998 ◽  
Vol 30 (8) ◽  
pp. 1238-1245 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT G. MCMURRAY ◽  
JOANNE S. HARRELL ◽  
CHYRISE B. BRADLEY ◽  
JULIA P. WEBB ◽  
ERIC M. GOODMAN
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Middle School ◽  
Motion Sensor ◽  
Middle School Youth ◽  
Physical Activity Recall ◽  
School Youth

Dietary and Physical Activity Behaviors of Middle School Youth: The Youth Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey*

2007 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren B. Zapata ◽  
Carol A. Bryant ◽  
Robert J. McDermott ◽  
Jennie A. Hefelfinger
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Middle School ◽  
Nutrition Survey ◽  
Youth Physical Activity ◽  
Middle School Youth ◽  
School Youth
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