Identifying belief-based targets for the promotion of leisure-time walking.
| dc.contributor.author | Rhodes, Ryan E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Blanchard, Chris | |
| dc.contributor.author | Courneya, Kerry | |
| dc.contributor.author | Plotnikoff, Ronald | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-28T23:17:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-09-28T23:17:37Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2009 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Walking is the most common type of physical activity (PA) and the likely target of efforts to increase PA. No studies, however, have identified the belief-level correlates for walking using the theory of planned behavior. This study elicits salient beliefs about walking and evaluates beliefs that may be most important for walking-promotion campaigns. A random sample of 55 Canadian adults participated in the elicitation study, and the validation study includes 358 participants who completed measures of demographics, beliefs from the elicitation study, and self-reported walking behavior. Belief-behavior relationships show that almost all behavioral expectancies are correlates of intention and behavior, but normative and control expectancies are more select correlates. But when belief-behavior relations are evaluated by participants meeting PA recommendations, only beliefs about feeling good, appearance, stress relief, and time are significant. Public health efforts to promote walking should focus on making time for regular walking and the affective advantages that walking can provide. | en_US |
| dc.description.reviewstatus | Reviewed | en_US |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Faculty | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Ryan E. Rhodes is supported by a scholar award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, a new investigator award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and funds from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Canadian Diabetes Association, and the Human Early Learning Partnership. Chris M. Blanchard is supported by the Canada Research Chairs Program. Kerry S. Courneya is supported by the Canada Research Chairs Program and a Research Team Grant from the National Cancer Institute of Canada with funds from the Canadian Cancer Society and the NCIC/CCS Sociobehavioral Cancer Research Network. Ronald C. Plotnikoff is supported from Salary Awards from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research. We also acknowledge the hard work of data collection and entry for this project by Carolyn A. McIntyre. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Rhodes, R. E., Blanchard, C. M., Courneya, K. S., & Plotnikoff, R. C. (2009). Identifying belief-based targets for the promotion of leisure-time walking. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education, 36(2), 381–393. https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198107308376 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198107308376 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/15471 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Health education & behavior: the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education | en_US |
| dc.subject | theory of planned behavior | |
| dc.subject | walking | |
| dc.subject | promotion | |
| dc.subject | leisure time | |
| dc.subject.department | School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education | |
| dc.title | Identifying belief-based targets for the promotion of leisure-time walking. | en_US |
| dc.type | Postprint | en_US |