Physical Activity and Psychosocial Characteristics of the Peer Supporters in the PLAN-A Study—A Latent Class Analysis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Peer Supporters
2.2. Psychosocial Variables
2.3. Physical Activity Measures
2.4. Other Variables
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Strengths and Limitations
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
Data Availability
References
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Characteristics | All (N = 1558) mean (SD) | Peer Supporters (N = 357) mean (SD) |
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Demographics | ||
Family Affluence Scale | 6.8 (1.8) | 7.1 (1.7) |
Free school meals | 11% | 8% |
Ethnicity | ||
White | 89% | 89% |
Non-white | 11% | 11% |
Self perception | ||
Self-esteem 1 | 0.67 (0.22) | 0.74 (0.20) |
Physical activity self-efficacy 1 | 0.69 (0.22) | 0.77 (0.19) |
Motivation | ||
Autonomous 1 | 0.62 (0.25) | 0.75 (0.22) |
Controlled 1 | 0.33 (0.20) | 0.34 (0.19) |
Amotivation 1 | 0.11 (0.17) | 0.06 (0.14) |
PA among friends | ||
Prevalence 1 | 0.49 (0.29) | 0.54 (0.20) |
Importance 1 | 0.49 (0.24) | 0.55 (0.31) |
Acceptance 1 | 0.40 (0.22) | 0.44 (0.31) |
PA peer support 1 | 0.48 (0.22) | 0.53 (0.20) |
PA behaviours | ||
Average weekday MVPA (mins) | 51 (20) | 54 (20) |
Average weekday sedentary (mins) | 591 (93) | 587 (86) |
Average weekday screen-viewing (mins) | 390 (241) | 354 (208) |
% meeting PA guidelines | 22% | 27% |
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Salway, R.; Sebire, S.J.; Tibbitts, B.; Sanderson, E.; Kandiyali, R.; Willis, K.; MacNeill, S.J.; Jago, R. Physical Activity and Psychosocial Characteristics of the Peer Supporters in the PLAN-A Study—A Latent Class Analysis. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 7980. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17217980
Salway R, Sebire SJ, Tibbitts B, Sanderson E, Kandiyali R, Willis K, MacNeill SJ, Jago R. Physical Activity and Psychosocial Characteristics of the Peer Supporters in the PLAN-A Study—A Latent Class Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(21):7980. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17217980
Chicago/Turabian StyleSalway, Ruth, Simon J. Sebire, Byron Tibbitts, Emily Sanderson, Rebecca Kandiyali, Kate Willis, Stephanie J. MacNeill, and Russell Jago. 2020. "Physical Activity and Psychosocial Characteristics of the Peer Supporters in the PLAN-A Study—A Latent Class Analysis" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 21: 7980. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17217980