Yun Lira, Vanderloo Leigh M, Berry Tanya R, Latimer-Cheung Amy E, O'Reilly Norm, Rhodes Ryan E, Spence John C, Tremblay Mark S, Faulkner Guy
School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
ParticipACTION, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Front Public Health. 2019 Jun 18;7:153. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00153. eCollection 2019.
To examine how public attributions for the causes and solutions of physical inactivity and individuals' self-identified political orientation are associated with support for different policy actions in addressing physical inactivity. A secondary data analysis was conducted with a sample of 2,044 Canadian adults. Two sets of 2 X 3 analyses of variance and analyses were conducted to assess (1) the mean differences by the causes of the issue of physical inactivity (individual, or both internal and external/external) and political orientation (liberal, centrist, and conservative), and (2) responsibility for solutions (private matter, or both private and public health matter, and /public health matter) and political orientation on support for least, moderate, and most intrusive policy actions. No interaction effects existed between causal attribution and political orientation on policy support, but a main effect of causal attributions for physical inactivity and political orientation was significant. Those who held internal attributions for the cause of physical inactivity showed less support for policies compared to those who held external causal attributions or both internal and external causal attributions. Conservative individuals reported the least support for all policy actions in comparison to liberal or centrist orientations. There were interaction effects between responsibility for solutions and political orientation on policy support. Conservative individuals who perceived the responsibility for solving physical inactivity as a private matter had less support for all three policy actions. Public acceptance of policy actions addressing physical inactivity varies by the attributions the public have regarding causes and responsibility for solving the problem, and by political orientation. Advocacy and messaging for policy implementation in the physical activity arena needs to be communicated in ways that encourage reflective and informed deliberation that is representative of the Canadian population.
为了研究公众对身体活动不足的原因及解决办法的归因与个人自我认同的政治倾向如何与支持解决身体活动不足的不同政策行动相关联。对2044名加拿大成年人的样本进行了二次数据分析。进行了两组2×3方差分析和分析，以评估：（1）身体活动不足问题的原因（个人原因、或内部和外部/外部原因）和政治倾向（自由派、中间派和保守派）的平均差异；（2）解决办法的责任归属（私人事务、或私人和公共卫生事务、以及/公共卫生事务）和政治倾向对支持最少、中等和最具侵入性政策行动的影响。在政策支持方面，因果归因与政治倾向之间不存在交互作用，但身体活动不足的因果归因和政治倾向的主效应显著。与那些持有外部因果归因或内部和外部因果归因的人相比，那些将身体活动不足的原因归为内部因素的人对政策的支持较少。与自由派或中间派倾向相比，保守派个人对所有政策行动的支持最少。在政策支持方面，解决办法的责任归属与政治倾向之间存在交互作用。认为解决身体活动不足问题是私人事务的保守派个人对所有三项政策行动的支持较少。公众对解决身体活动不足的政策行动的接受程度因公众对问题原因和解决责任的归因以及政治倾向而异。在体育活动领域实施政策的宣传和信息传递需要以鼓励进行反思性和明智审议的方式进行，这种审议应代表加拿大民众。
