Matthews James, Moran Aidan
School of Psychology, University College, Dublin, Ireland.
Am J Health Behav. 2011 Nov;35(6):807-14. doi: 10.5993/ajhb.35.6.16.
To examine the degree to which the use of selected theoretically derived self-regulation strategies (eg, goal setting) could predict adolescents' self-reported leisure-time physical activity behavior.
Two hundred thirty-three (M age = 15.88) high school students completed measures assessing their self-regulation strategy use and their level of physical activity.
Correlational analysis showed self-regulation strategy use was significantly related to adolescent physical activity. Regression analysis also revealed that goal setting and a causal attribution dimension accounted for 10.7% of the variance reported in adolescents' physical activity.
There is a significant positive relationship between adolescent leisure-time physical activity and certain theoretically derived self-regulation strategies.
