Active commuting to school: a test of a modified integrative model. Academic Article

abstract

• OBJECTIVE: To test a modified integrative model (IM) in explaining parents' intention toward active commuting to school (ACS) and children's ACS. METHODS: Parents of fourth graders (N = 857) completed a survey assessing factors associated with ACS. A modified IM was developed and tested using structural equation modeling. RESULTS: The IM demonstrated good model fit (RMSEA = .04, CFI = .97, TLI = .97). Perceived barriers, self-efficacy, and health beliefs/outcome evaluation predicted parents' intention directly and children's ACS indirectly, with self-efficacy as the strongest predictor. Intention, in turn, predicted children's ACS. Similar findings emerged in a replication using the urban subsample data. CONCLUSIONS: The IM may enable health behavior researchers to design effective interventions to promote ACS.

authors

• Goodson, Patricia
• Lee, Chanam
• Ory, Marcia

published proceedings

• Am J Health Behav

author list (cited authors)

• Lu, W., McKyer, E., Lee, C., Wang, S., Goodson, P., & Ory, M. G.

citation count

• 11

complete list of authors

• Lu, Wenhua||McKyer, E Lisako J||Lee, Chanam||Wang, Suojin||Goodson, Patricia||Ory, Marcia G

publication date

• November 2014

publisher

• JCFCorp SG PTE LTD  Publisher

published in

• AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH BEHAVIOR  Journal

keywords

• Adult
• Bicycling
• Child
• Environment
• Female
• Health Behavior
• Humans
• Male
• Models, Theoretical
• Parent-Child Relations
• Parents
• Schools
• Self Efficacy
• Surveys And Questionnaires
• Transportation
• Walking

PubMed Central ID

• 25207515

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.5993/AJHB.38.6.12

start page

• 900

end page

• 913

volume

• 38

issue

• 6

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.5993/ajhb.38.6.12