Active commuting to school: A test of a modified integrative model

Wenhua Lu; E. Lisako J. McKyer; Chanam Lee; Suojin Wang; Patricia Goodson; Marcia G. Ory

doi:10.5993/AJHB.38.6.12

Active commuting to school: A test of a modified integrative model

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

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	900-913
Number of pages	14
Journal	American Journal of Health Behavior
Volume	38
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.38.6.12
State	Published - Nov 1 2014

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Active commuting to school
Integrative model

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Health(social science)
Social Psychology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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