Ommundsen Yngvar, Klasson-Heggebø Lena, Anderssen Sigmund A
Department of coaching and psychology, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, P,O, Box 4014, Ullevaal Stadion, 0806, Oslo, Norway.
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2006 Sep 25;3:32. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-3-32.
Little is known about the existence of independent location- or context specific forms of physical activity. This study sought to identify location-specific forms of physical activity in a sample of 9 and 15 years-olds Norwegian boys and girls, and examined their associations to psycho-social and environmental factors.
A cross-sectional study of 9 and 15-year-olds (N = 760; 379 boys and 381 girls) was conducted in which participants responded to a computer-based questionnaire (PEACH) tapping potentially location specific forms of physical activity as well as psycho-social and environmental correlates.
Exploratory factor analysis indicated that the nine and fifteen year-olds self-reported their physical activity as located in three separate and specific contexts: a) school commuting, b) informal games play at school and c) organized sport, structured exercise and games play in leisure time. Dependent of location, psycho-social and environmental correlates explained between 15 and 55 percent of the variance in physical activity. The impact of peer support, enjoyment and perceived competence in physical activity generalized across the three locations. Enjoyment of physical education classes, parental support and teacher support, in contrast, confined to particular location-specific forms of physical activity. Generally, behavioural beliefs and environmental factors represented marginal correlates of all location-specific forms of activity.
Young peoples' physical activity was identified as taking place in multiply genuine locations, and the psychosocial correlates of their physical activity seem to some extent to be location specific. Results may inform intervention efforts suggesting that targeting specific sets of psycho-social factors may prove efficient across physical activity locations, gender and age groups. Others, in contrast may prove effective in facilitating location specific physical activity, in which age may come to moderate the efficiency of intervention efforts.
关于独立的特定地点或情境形式的体育活动的存在情况，人们了解甚少。本研究旨在确定9岁和15岁挪威男孩和女孩样本中特定地点的体育活动形式，并研究它们与心理社会和环境因素的关联。
对9岁和15岁的儿童（N = 760；379名男孩和381名女孩）进行了一项横断面研究，参与者回答了一份基于计算机的问卷（PEACH），该问卷涉及潜在的特定地点体育活动形式以及心理社会和环境相关因素。
探索性因素分析表明，9岁和15岁的儿童自我报告他们的体育活动存在于三个不同且特定的情境中：a）上学通勤，b）在学校进行非正式游戏，c）有组织的体育运动、结构化锻炼以及在休闲时间进行游戏。根据地点的不同，心理社会和环境相关因素解释了体育活动中15%至55%的方差。同伴支持、对体育活动的享受和感知能力的影响在这三个地点中具有普遍性。相比之下，对体育课的享受、父母支持和教师支持则局限于特定地点的体育活动形式。一般来说，行为信念和环境因素是所有特定地点活动形式的边缘相关因素。
年轻人的体育活动被确定为发生在多个真实的地点，并且他们体育活动的心理社会相关因素在某种程度上似乎是特定于地点的。研究结果可能为干预措施提供参考，表明针对特定的心理社会因素集可能在不同的体育活动地点、性别和年龄组中都被证明是有效的。相比之下，其他因素可能在促进特定地点的体育活动方面有效，其中年龄可能会影响干预措施的效果。
