Neighborhood environment,physical activity,and quality of life in adults:Intermediary effects of personal and psychosocial factors

作     者：Eleni Theodoropoulou Nektarios A.M.Stavrou Konstantinos Karteroliotis 

作者机构：School of Physical Education and Sport ScienceNational and Kapodistrian University of AthensAthens 17237Greece 

出 版 物：《Journal of Sport and Health Science》 (运动与健康科学（英文）)

年 卷 期：2017年第6卷第1期

页      面：96-102页

核心收录：

学科分类：0402[教育学-心理学(可授教育学、理学学位）] 0403[教育学-体育学] 040203[教育学-应用心理学] 04[教育学] 1002[医学-临床医学] 1010[医学-医学技术（可授医学、理学学位）] 

基　　金：co-financed by the European Union(European Social Fund-ESF) Greek national funds through the Operational Program“Education and Lifelong Learning”of the National Strategic Reference Framework(NSRF)-Research Funding Program:HeracleitusⅡ Invest in knowledge society through the European Social Fund 

主　　题：Cognitive Ecological Health Self-efficacy Structural equation modeling 

摘      要：Background: Studies have indicated that there is a positive and indirect relationship between physical activity(PA) and quality of life(QoL). The current study examined this relationship through a social cognitive model with consideration to the intermediary effects of exercise self-efficacy,and physical(PCS, physical component summary) and psychological(MCS, mental component summary) health. Additionally, this model was widened to include concepts from the ecological theory, and any causal associations among neighborhood environment, PA, and ***: Six hundred and eighty-four physically active adults(39.16 ± 13.52 years, mean ± SD), living in Athens, Greece, completed a series of questionnaires measuring PA, QoL, exercise self-efficacy, PCS, MCS, neighborhood environment, and family and friend support for PA. The examined models were analyzed using structural equation ***: The social cognitive and ecological models proved to be of appropriate fit. Within the social cognitive model, PA positively affected QoL through the mediating effects of exercise self-efficacy, PCS, and MCS. With regards to the ecological model, neighborhood environment positively influenced QoL through the intermediary effects of family support for PA, exercise self-efficacy, PA, PCS, and ***: Results indicated that the most important mediators in the examined models were exercise self-efficacy and health. Further, findings demonstrated the role of neighborhood environment in enhancing PA and QoL. Future studies should be carried out applying longitudinal data for a better understanding of these associations over time.