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Active Commuting to School: A Test of a Modified Integrative Model

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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.

Keywords: ACTIVE COMMUTING TO SCHOOL; INTEGRATIVE MODEL

Document Type: Research Article

Affiliations: 1: Department of Health & Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA. [email protected] 2: Department of Health & Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA 3: Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA 4: Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA 5: Health Promotion & Community Health Sciences, Health Science Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

Publication date: 01 November 2014

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