{"id":2565,"date":"2015-05-19T15:08:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T07:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appliedpsyj.org\/journal\/?p=2565"},"modified":"2015-06-02T21:39:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T13:39:09","slug":"physical-activity-and-its-determinants-among-female-adolescents-an-application-of-the-health-promotion-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appliedpsyj.org.tw\/journal\/?p=2565","title":{"rendered":"Physical Activity and its Determinants Among Female Adolescents: An Application of the Health Promotion Model"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mu-Lan Feng<\/strong>
\nDepartment of Physical\u00a0Education, National\u00a0Taiwan Normal\u00a0University
\nHank J. L. Jwo<\/strong>
\nDepartment of Physical\u00a0Education, National\u00a0Taiwan Normal\u00a0University
\nTsu-Yin Wu<\/strong>
\nDepartment of Nursing,\u00a0Eastern Michigan\u00a0University, USA<\/p>\n

To investigate physical activity and its determinants among female\u00a0adolescents based on Pender\u2019s Health Promotion Model. With study\u00a0findings, physical education teachers can better understand the behavior\u00a0of physical activity for their students and effectively promote lifestyles.\u00a0The sample consisted of 501 students from two senior high schools and\u00a0two vocational high schools located in northern Taiwan.\u00a0Self-administered survey including Child\/Adolescent Activity Log, and\u00a0measures of Affective Response, Social Support, Self-efficacy,\u00a0Perceived Benefits, Perceived Barriers, and Competing Demands Scale.\u00a0The internal consistency of Cronbach\u2019s for the measures range from.76\u00a0to .92. Pearson\u2019s correlations and path analyses also were used. The\u00a0direct and indirect paths between cognition variables and physical\u00a0activity were tested. Results showed that self-efficacy had significant\u00a0direct effect on physical activity; while social support, affective response,\u00a0perceived benefits, and perceived barriers did not. (2) Social support and\u00a0affective response had significant indirect effect on physical activity\u00a0mediating through self-efficacy. In conclusion, Self-efficacy had strong\u00a0influences for physical activity both directly and indirectly. Social\u00a0support and affective response can predict physical activity indirectly\u00a0through self-efficacy. The study findings suggest that in order to design\u00a0and implement effective programs to promote physical activity level\u00a0among female adolescents, social support, positive affective response,\u00a0and self-efficacy can be considered as intervening variables..<\/p>\n

Keywords: Health Promotion Model, physical activity, behaviorspecific\u00a0cognition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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