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Mediating Effects of Self-Efficacy, Benefits and Barriers on the Association between Peer and Parental Factors and Physical Activity among Adolescent Girls with a Lower Educational Level

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  • Maite Verloigne
  • Greet Cardon
  • Marieke De Craemer
  • Sara D’Haese
  • Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij

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Background: The prevalence of physical activity among lower educated adolescent girls is low, suggesting it is important to have insights into the complex processes that may underlie their physical activity levels. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the mediating effects of self-efficacy, perceived benefits and barriers on the associations between peer and parental variables and physical activity among lower educated adolescent girls. Methods: In total, 226 girls (mean age 16.0±1.0 years; 53% technical education; 47% vocational education) from a convenience sample of 6 secondary schools in Flanders, Belgium, completed a questionnaire on their total physical activity level and related peer and parental variables (i.e. modeling of physical activity, co-participation in physical activities and encouragement to be active) and personal variables (i.e. self-efficacy to be active, and specific perceived benefits of physical activity and specific barriers to be active). Mediating effects were tested using MacKinnon’s product-of-coefficients test based on multilevel linear regression analyses. Results: Higher peer and parental modeling, co-participation and encouragement were significantly related to a higher physical activity level among adolescent girls (p

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  • Maite Verloigne & Greet Cardon & Marieke De Craemer & Sara D’Haese & Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, 2016. "Mediating Effects of Self-Efficacy, Benefits and Barriers on the Association between Peer and Parental Factors and Physical Activity among Adolescent Girls with a Lower Educational Level," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(6), pages 1-16, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0157216
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157216
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