Psychosocial factors associated with children's cycling for transport: A cross-sectional moderation study
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Ghekiere, Ariane, Cauwenberg, Jelle Van, Carver, Alison, Mertens, Lieze, de Geus, Bas, Clarys, Peter, Cardon, Greet, De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse and Deforche, Benedicte. (2016). Psychosocial factors associated with children's cycling for transport: A cross-sectional moderation study. Preventive Medicine. 86, pp. 141 - 146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.03.001
Authors | Ghekiere, Ariane, Cauwenberg, Jelle Van, Carver, Alison, Mertens, Lieze, de Geus, Bas, Clarys, Peter, Cardon, Greet, De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse and Deforche, Benedicte |
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Abstract | Promoting children's cycling for transport is a useful strategy to increase their physical activity levels. No studies have examined to which extent children's psychosocial characteristics play a role in their transportation cycling. Furthermore, insights into the association between children's independent mobility (IM) and transportation cycling is lacking in Europe. This study examined (1) the association of children's psychosocial characteristics with transportation cycling and its moderating effect of child's gender, parents' educational attainment and IM, and (2) the association between children's IM and transportation cycling. Children (n = 1232, aged 10–12 yrs) completed an online questionnaire at school assessing their psychosocial characteristics related with transportation cycling. Parents reported child's usual transportation cycling and the distance their child is allowed to cycle unsupervised (IM). Hurdle models were used to estimate associations between independent variables and odds of being a cyclist and with minutes of transportation cycling among those cycling. Data were collected during November–December 2014 across Flanders, Belgium. Children's perceived parental modeling, parental norm, peers' co-participation, self-efficacy and IM were positively related to the odds of being a cyclist, perceived benefits were negatively associated. Parental modeling, siblings' modeling, self-efficacy and parental norm were more strongly related to the odds of being a cyclist among children with a low IM. Friends' modeling was significantly related with odds of being a cyclist among boys. IM and parental norm (only among boys) were positively related to the time spent cycling. Targeting children, their friends and parents seems therefore most appropriate when aiming to increase children's transportation cycling. |
Keywords | Transport; Parents; Active transport; Self-efficacy; Safety; Social cognitive theory; Active living |
Year | 2016 |
Journal | Preventive Medicine |
Journal citation | 86, pp. 141 - 146 |
Publisher | Academic Press Inc. |
ISSN | 0091-7435 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.03.001 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84960899486 |
Page range | 141 - 146 |
Research Group | Institute for Health and Ageing |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | United States |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/87zx4/psychosocial-factors-associated-with-children-s-cycling-for-transport-a-cross-sectional-moderation-study
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