OBJECTIVES: The Activity Support Scale (ACTS) was expanded for use with African
American families. Its factorial invariance and internal reliability were examined for non …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the association of perceived physical
neighborhood factors with physical activity, sedentary behavior, and BMI among adolescent …

Objectives Examine the extent that parent gender is associated with supporting children's
physical activity. Design Cross-sectional mixed-methods study. Setting 47 primary schools …

Perceived self-efficacy makes a difference in how people feel, think, and act (Bandura
1997). Thus, it is reasonable that self-efficacy also governs health behaviors. The role that …

Background: Previous studies have shown that choice and self-initiated behavior change
are important for increasing intrinsic motivation and physical activity (PA), however, little of …

Several countries spend large sums of public money building sports facilities. Still, our
knowledge about the effect of these means is limited. The objectives in this review are (1) to …

To evaluate whether an activity monitor based on body acceleration measurement can
accurately assess the energy cost of the human locomotion, 12 subjects walked a …

Opportunities for children to be physically active during the COVID-19 pandemic were
limited, resulting in a decrease in overall physical activity and an increase in sedentary …

The purpose of this study was to examine the cultural knowledge that informs exercise
behaviors among Black and Hispanic college-age women. Focus groups were conducted …

The purpose of this study was to determine if high school females differed in individual
measures of health‐related physical fitness, barriers to exercise, or activity level based on …