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ERIC EJ936491: Predisposing, Reinforcing and Enabling Predictors of... |
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Children's participation in after-school physical |
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activity can attenuate the overweight and obesity rates |
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among rural, low socioeconomic status (SES) children. |
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Children's individual determination, as well as social |
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and environmental factors, can influence their behaviors. |
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Purpose: The purposes of this study were to determine if |
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a difference existed in after-school physical activity |
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participation among children from different socioeconomic |
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strata and to identify predisposing, reinforcing, and |
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enabling predictors of after-school physical activity. |
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Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive research design |
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using surveys was used with rural, middle school |
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children. Results: Low SES children were more active than |
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high SES children. Physical activity self-efficacy, |
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attraction to physical activity, and access to equipment |
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were statistically significant in predicting children's |
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after-school physical activity level. Discussion: |
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Interventions enhancing self-efficacy and providing |
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enjoyable options with adequate equipment can foster |
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children's after-school physical activity behavior. |
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Further research however should examine reasons (e.g., |
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farming) why low SES children reported themselves to be |
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more active than not-low SES children; these results are |
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contrary to results from other studies. Translation to |
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Health Education Practice: Increasing overweight and |
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obesity rates should prompt practitioners to consider |
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implementing both physical activity and nutrition |
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interventions specific to rural children. (Contains 1 |
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figure and 4 tables.) |
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Date Published: 2018-09-30 05:45:38 |
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Identifier: ERIC_EJ936491 |
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Item Size: 11533957 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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