School of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO,USA.
School of Sport Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham Dubai, Dubai,United Arab Emirates.
J Phys Act Health. 2022 Sep 27;19(11):771-776. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2021-0792. Print 2022 Nov 1.
Principals are key to the promotion of physical activity (PA) in schools. The purpose of this study was to understand how school principals' PA values, behaviors, and individual and school characteristics were associated with the presence of an active school.
A representative sample of 1019 school principals in the United States was surveyed. Survey items addressed principals' values and behaviors associated with PA, individual and school demographic factors, such as years of experience and school level, and a single item asking whether principals perceived their school to be an active school (ie, provides students with opportunities to be physically active before, during, and after the school day). Significant variables from a cross-tabulation and chi-square analysis were added to a hierarchical logistic regression model to assess the predictive properties of principal values and behaviors as they relate to the presence of an active school.
Approximately half of principals (47%) reported having an active school. The model significantly predicted the presence of an active school but accounted for only 6.6% of the total variance. Although values toward PA and more frequent personal PA behaviors were associated with the presence of an active school within the cross-tabulation and chi-square analysis, neither variable emerged as a significant predictor in the regression model.
Principals' personal PA values and behaviors contribute to the presence of an active school, but other variables, including years of experience and school contextual factors, are more powerful predictors.
校长是促进学校体育活动（PA）的关键。本研究旨在了解学校校长的 PA 价值观、行为以及个人和学校特征与积极学校的存在有何关联。
对美国 1019 名校长进行了代表性调查。调查项目涉及校长与 PA 相关的价值观和行为、个人和学校的人口统计学因素，如经验年限和学校级别，以及一个询问校长是否认为他们的学校是一个积极学校（即，在上课前、上课中和下课后为学生提供体育活动的机会）的单一项目。交叉表和卡方分析中的显著变量被添加到分层逻辑回归模型中，以评估校长价值观和行为与积极学校存在的相关性的预测特性。
大约一半的校长（47%）报告他们的学校是一个积极学校。该模型显著预测了积极学校的存在，但仅占总方差的 6.6%。尽管 PA 价值观和更频繁的个人 PA 行为与交叉表和卡方分析中的积极学校存在相关，但这两个变量在回归模型中均未成为显著预测因素。
校长的个人 PA 价值观和行为有助于积极学校的存在，但其他变量，包括经验年限和学校环境因素，是更强大的预测因素。
