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  • Identifying key belief-based targets for promoting regular physical activity among mothers and fathers with young children

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    Hamilton, K
    White, KM
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    Hamilton, Kyra
    Year published
    2011
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    We investigated the key beliefs to target in interventions aimed at increasing physical activity (PA) among mothers and fathers of young children. Parents (288 mothers, 292 fathers) completed a Theory of Planned Behaviour belief-based questionnaire and a 1-week follow-up of PA behaviour. We found that a range of behavioural, normative, and control beliefs were significantly correlated with parents' PA intentions and behaviour, with only a few differences observed in correlations between PA beliefs and intention and behaviour by gender. A range of key beliefs was identified as making independent contributions to parents' PA ...
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    We investigated the key beliefs to target in interventions aimed at increasing physical activity (PA) among mothers and fathers of young children. Parents (288 mothers, 292 fathers) completed a Theory of Planned Behaviour belief-based questionnaire and a 1-week follow-up of PA behaviour. We found that a range of behavioural, normative, and control beliefs were significantly correlated with parents' PA intentions and behaviour, with only a few differences observed in correlations between PA beliefs and intention and behaviour by gender. A range of key beliefs was identified as making independent contributions to parents' PA intentions; however, the behavioural beliefs about improving parenting practices (ߠ= 0.13), interfering with other commitments (ߠ= -0.29); normative beliefs about people I exercise with (ߠ= 0.20); and control beliefs about lack of time (ߠ= -0.24), inconvenience (ߠ= -0.14), lack of motivation (ߠ= -0.34), were revealed as significant independent predictors of actual PA behaviour. Furthermore, we found that a limited amount of parents already hold these beliefs, suggesting that these key beliefs warrant changing and, therefore, are appropriate targets for subsequent intervention. The current study fills an empirical gap in the PA literature by investigating an at-risk group and using a well established theoretical framework to identify key beliefs that guide parents' PA decision-making. Overall, we found support for parents being a unique group who hold distinctive behavioural, normative, and control beliefs toward PA. Attention to these key underlying beliefs will assist intervention work aimed at combating inactivity among this at-risk population.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
    Volume
    14
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2010.07.004
    Copyright Statement
    © 2011 Elsevier. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Sports science and exercise
    Medical physiology
    Sport and exercise psychology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/47889
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