IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v14y2017i8p839-d105928.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Facilitators of Physical Activity: Voices of Adolescents in a Disadvantaged Community

Author

Listed:
  • Linus Jonsson

    (Department of Food and Nutrition and Sport Science, University of Gothenburg, 41120 Gothenburg, Sweden)

  • Christina Berg

    (Department of Food and Nutrition and Sport Science, University of Gothenburg, 41120 Gothenburg, Sweden)

  • Christel Larsson

    (Department of Food and Nutrition and Sport Science, University of Gothenburg, 41120 Gothenburg, Sweden)

  • Peter Korp

    (Department of Food and Nutrition and Sport Science, University of Gothenburg, 41120 Gothenburg, Sweden)

  • Eva-Carin Lindgren

    (Department of Food and Nutrition and Sport Science, University of Gothenburg, 41120 Gothenburg, Sweden
    School of Health and Welfare, Halmstad University, 30118 Halmstad, Sweden)

Abstract

Despite increasing socioeconomic inequalities in the health and well-being of adolescents, the voices of adolescents in disadvantaged communities regarding facilitators of physical activity (PA) have received relatively little attention. In response, the purpose of this study was to illuminate what adolescents in a multicultural community of low socioeconomic status (SES) in Sweden convey concerning facilitators of PA. Adolescents ( n = 53, aged 12–13 years) were recruited from a school in a multicultural community of low SES in Sweden. Following an interpretive approach, 10 focus group interviews were conducted to produce data for a qualitative content analysis. When the adolescents mentioned PA, they mostly referred to spontaneous PA rather than organized PA, and expressed that they enjoyed their PA engagement, which they stated was promoted by the variation of PA, available options for PA, their physical skills, and the presence of peers. They reported that social support from family and friends facilitated their PA, and they offered several suggestions regarding how the school environment could better support their PA. From the perspective of self-determination theory (SDT), the results stress the importance of facilitating intrinsic motivation with a supportive PA environment in which adolescents can satisfy their needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness.

Suggested Citation

  • Linus Jonsson & Christina Berg & Christel Larsson & Peter Korp & Eva-Carin Lindgren, 2017. "Facilitators of Physical Activity: Voices of Adolescents in a Disadvantaged Community," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 14(8), pages 1-13, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:14:y:2017:i:8:p:839-:d:105928
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/8/839/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/8/839/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Musterd, Sako & Marci?czak, Szymon & van Ham, Maarten & Tammaru, Tiit, 2015. "Socio-Economic Segregation in European Capital Cities: Increasing Separation between Poor and Rich," IZA Discussion Papers 9603, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Madlene Movia & Sandra Macher & Gabriele Antony & Verena Zeuschner & Gabriela Wamprechtsamer & Judith delle Grazie & Helmut Simi & Bianca Fuchs-Neuhold, 2022. "Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of a Daily Physical Activity Unit in Schools: Focus on Children and Adolescents in Austria Up to the 8th Grade," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(11), pages 1-10, May.
    2. Dorota Kleszczewska & Agnieszka Małkowska Szkutnik & Jadwiga Siedlecka & Joanna Mazur, 2019. "Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviours and Duration of Sleep as Factors Affecting the Well-Being of Young People against the Background of Environmental Moderators," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(6), pages 1-14, March.
    3. Eva-Carin Lindgren & Katarina Haraldsson & Linn Håman, 2019. "Voices from Pupil Participation in the Health Promotion Intervention “Pulse for Learning and Health [PuLH]” in Primary and Middle School," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(22), pages 1-16, November.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Neumann, Uwe & Schaffner, Sandra & Eilers, Lea, 2019. "Bedeutung finanzieller Grundkompetenzen aus regionaler Perspektive. Gefördert durch die Dr. Josef und Brigitte Pauli-Stiftung," RWI Projektberichte, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, number 222358, March.
    2. Ewald Engelen & Julie Froud & Sukhdev Johal & Angelo Salento & Karel Williams, 2017. "The grounded city: from competitivity to the foundational economy," Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 10(3), pages 407-423.
    3. Cecilia Eseverri Mayer, 2019. "Linking suburban youth in Madrid and Paris. The role of civil society structures in the integration of children from Muslim backgrounds," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 56(13), pages 2616-2634, October.
    4. Chris Hamnett, 2021. "The changing social structure of global cities: Professionalisation, proletarianisation or polarisation," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 58(5), pages 1050-1066, April.
    5. Rafael Costa & Helga A. G. Valk, 2018. "Ethnic and Socioeconomic Segregation in Belgium: A Multiscalar Approach Using Individualised Neighbourhoods," European Journal of Population, Springer;European Association for Population Studies, vol. 34(2), pages 225-250, May.
    6. Anastasia Panori, 2017. "A Tale of Hidden Cities," REGION, European Regional Science Association, vol. 4, pages 19-38.
    7. Takahiro Yabe & Bernardo García Bulle Bueno & Xiaowen Dong & Alex Pentland & Esteban Moro, 2023. "Behavioral changes during the COVID-19 pandemic decreased income diversity of urban encounters," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
    8. Yannis Psycharis & Anastasia Panori, 2023. "Small-Scale Socio-Economic Conditions And Residential Segregation: Evidence From The Municipalities Across The Metropolitan Region Of Attica," Romanian Journal of Regional Science, Romanian Regional Science Association, vol. 17(1), pages 38-65, June.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:14:y:2017:i:8:p:839-:d:105928. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.