Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
BMC Public Health
Volume
21
Issue
1
Publisher
Springer Nature / BMC
School
School of Medical and Health Sciences
RAS ID
43073
Funders
National Health and Medical Research Council
Grant Number
NHMRC Number : APP1125913, APP1125913
Grant Link
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1125913 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1125913
Abstract
Regular engagement in physical activity has well-established physical and psychological health benefits. Despite this, over a quarter of the global adult population is insufficiently physically active. Physical activity interventions grounded in behaviour change theory, such as the social-cognitive theory, are widely considered to be more effective than non-theoretical approaches. Such interventions set out to intervene on the ultimate outcome (physical activity), but also influence intermediate factors (social-cognitive theory constructs) which in turn, are believed to influence physical activity behaviour. The primary aim of the study was to use mediation analysis to examine whether changes in the social-cognitive theory and related constructs, in particular self-efficacy, outcome expectations, intentions, barriers and goal setting, mediated the effects of a smartphone-based social networking physical activity intervention.
DOI
10.1186/s12889-020-10100-0
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Comments
Romeo, A. V., Edney, S. M., Plotnikoff, R. C., Olds, T., Vandelanotte, C., Ryan, J., . . . Maher, C. A. (2021). Examining social-cognitive theory constructs as mediators of behaviour change in the active team smartphone physical activity program: A mediation analysis. BMC Public Health, 21, article 88. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-10100-0