Typologies of adolescent activity related health behaviours
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Typologien für das aktivitätsbezogene Gesundheitsverhalten von Jugendlichen |
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Autor: | Parker, Kate E.; Salmon, Jo; Brown, Helen L.; Villanueva, Karen; Timperio, Anna |
Erschienen in: | Journal of science and medicine in sport |
Veröffentlicht: | 22 (2019), 3, S. 319-323, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Elektronische Ressource (online) Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 1440-2440, 1878-1861 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jsams.2018.08.015 |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU201903002085 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
Objectives: To identify typologies of activity-related behaviours and demographic characteristics of these typologies among Australian adolescents.
Design: Cross-sectional study of 473 Secondary School students (41.4% boys, mean age 14.95 +/- 1.61 years) conducted in 2014–15.
Methods: Active travel to school, sport participation, leisure-time sedentary and demographic variables were self-reported in a survey. Duration of sedentary time and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (mins/day) were accelerometer-derived. Latent class analysis (LCA) was conducted to identify typologies of activity-related health behaviours. One-way ANOVAs and chi-square tests were used to explore differences by demographic characteristics.
Results: Three typologies were identified: (1) “Physically inactive, highly sedentary” (44%); (2) “Moderately active, high screen-time” (42%); and (3) “Highly active, low sedentary” (14%). Differences between typologies were evident for age, sex, body mass index (BMI), cultural identity, employment status and socioeconomic position (SEP). Those in typology 3 (optimal behaviour pattern) tended to be younger, of higher SEP and lower BMI.
Conclusions: This study found that older adolescents have less active, more sedentary profiles than younger adolescents. The findings support the need for targeted interventions to improve adolescent activity-related behaviour engagement.