McGinn Aileen P, Evenson Kelly R, Herring Amy H, Huston Sara L, Rodriguez Daniel A
Dept of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
J Phys Act Health. 2008 Jan;5(1):117-31. doi: 10.1123/jpah.5.1.117.
Crime is one aspect of the environment that can act as a barrier to physical activity. The goals of this study were to (1) compare measures of perceived crime with observed crime and (2) examine the association between the independent and combined effects of objective and perceived crime on physical activity.
Perceived crime and physical activity were assessed in 1659 persons via telephone survey. Crime was objectively measured in a subset of 303 survey participants.
For all types of crime, there was low agreement between objective and perceived measures. Both perceived and objectively measured crime were independently associated with leisure activities.
This study suggests that perceptions and objective measures of crime are both important correlates of leisure physical activity. Evaluating both measures is necessary when examining the relationship between crime and physical activity to develop interventions that will most influence leisure physical activity levels.
犯罪是环境的一个方面，它可能成为体育活动的障碍。本研究的目的是：（1）比较感知到的犯罪与观察到的犯罪的测量结果；（2）研究客观犯罪和感知犯罪的独立及综合影响与体育活动之间的关联。
通过电话调查对1659人进行了感知犯罪和体育活动的评估。对303名调查参与者的一个子集进行了犯罪的客观测量。
对于所有类型的犯罪，客观测量与感知测量之间的一致性较低。感知到的犯罪和客观测量的犯罪均与休闲活动独立相关。
本研究表明，犯罪的感知和客观测量都是休闲体育活动的重要相关因素。在研究犯罪与体育活动之间的关系以制定最能影响休闲体育活动水平的干预措施时，对这两种测量进行评估都是必要的。
