Wilkinson Anna V, Miller Erline E, Koehly Laura M, Daniel Carrie R, Forman Michele R
Michael and Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, The University of Texas School of Public Health, Austin Regional Campus, 1616 Guadalupe St., Suite 6.300, Austin, TX, 78701, USA.
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2017 Apr;19(2):246-253. doi: 10.1007/s10903-016-0451-x.
Barriers to physical activity (PA) may be experienced differently by sex and country of birth. We examine psychosocial correlates of PA in four groups based on sex (boy/girl) and country of birth [Mexico/United States (U.S.)]. 1154 Mexican heritage adolescents residing in Houston, Texas provided psychosocial data in 2008-09 and PA (number of days per week active for at least 60 min) in 2010-11 (N = 1001). Poisson regression models were fitted for each groups. Among boys, English language preference (p = 0.045, p = 0.008) and higher subjective social status (p = 0.002, p = 0.031) were associated with increased PA. Body image dissatisfaction was associated with decreased PA in Mexico-born girls (p = 0.007). Sensation-seeking tendencies were associated with increased PA among all groups; anxiety was associated with decreased PA among all but U.S.-born boys. Tailoring PA interventions to key sex-specific psychosocial correlates rather than country of birth may enhance efficacy of interventions to increase PA levels among Mexican heritage adolescents.
身体活动（PA）的障碍可能因性别和出生国家的不同而有所差异。我们根据性别（男孩/女孩）和出生国家[墨西哥/美国（U.S.）]将研究对象分为四组，研究身体活动的心理社会相关因素。1154名居住在得克萨斯州休斯顿的墨西哥裔青少年在2008 - 09年提供了心理社会数据，并在2010 - 11年提供了身体活动数据（每周至少活动60分钟的天数）（N = 1001）。对每组都拟合了泊松回归模型。在男孩中，英语语言偏好（p = 0.045，p = 0.008）和较高的主观社会地位（p = 0.002，p = 0.031）与身体活动增加有关。身体形象不满与墨西哥出生的女孩身体活动减少有关（p = 0.007）。寻求刺激的倾向与所有组的身体活动增加有关；除美国出生的男孩外，焦虑与所有组的身体活动减少有关。针对关键的性别特异性心理社会相关因素而非出生国家来调整身体活动干预措施，可能会提高干预措施的效果，以增加墨西哥裔青少年的身体活动水平。
