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Self-efficacy partially mediates the effect of a school-based physical-activity intervention among adolescent girls
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Background This study evaluated the effects of the Lifestyle Education for Activity Program (LEAP), a comprehensive school-based intervention emphasizing changes in instruction and school environment, on variables derived from social-cognitive theory (SCT) as mediators of change in physical activity among black and white adolescent girls.Methods Twenty-four high schools paired on enrollment size, racial composition, urban, suburban, or rural location, and class structure were randomized into control (n = 12) or experimental (n = 12) groups. There were 1038 girls in the control group and 1049 girls in the experimental group. The multicomponent intervention emphasized the enhancement of self-efficacy and development of behavioral skills by using curricular activities within physical education classes and health education instruction. The primary outcomes were self-efficacy, outcome-expectancy value, goal setting, satisfaction, and physical activity.Results Latent variable structural equation modeling indicated that: (1) self-efficacy and satisfaction exhibited synchronous, cross-sectional relationships with physical activity; (2) the intervention had direct effects on self-efficacy, goal setting, and physical activity; and (3) self-efficacy partially mediated the effect of intervention on physical activity.Conclusions To our knowledge, this study provides the first evidence from a randomized controlled trial that manipulation of self-efficacy results in increased physical activity among black and white adolescent girls. The results encourage the use of self-efficacy as a targeted, mediator variable in interventions designed to increase physical activity among girls.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Dishman, R.
- Affiliations
- University of Georgia (US)
- Corresponding author
- Dishman, R
- ORCID
- Dishman, R
- Venue
- Preventive Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2004-05
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 628-636
- ISSN
- 0091-7435 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2030509555
- Cited by
- 373
- References
- 59
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- FWCI
- 9.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Preventive Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Scholar Commons (University of South Carolina) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL057775, HL57775)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
- Social Sciences › Education › Physical Education and Pedagogy
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › School Health and Nursing Education
- Keywords
- self-efficacy, physical activity, adolescent girls, school-based intervention, social cognitive theory, mediation, goal setting, outcome expectations, satisfaction, physical education, health education, racial differences
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Female, Humans, South Carolina, Exercise, Self Efficacy
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