TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychosocial correlates of leisure-time physical activity in urban working-class adults
AU - Surkan, Pamela J.
AU - Ryan, Louise M.
AU - Bidwell, Harvey W.
AU - Brooks, Daniel R.
AU - Peterson, Karen E.
AU - Gillman, Matthew W.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (HL 68041), the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and Maternal and Child Health Bureau grant number 5T76 MC 00001 (formerly MCJ201). These funding sources had no involvement in any part of the study.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2005 Human Kinetics, Inc.
PY - 2005/10
Y1 - 2005/10
N2 - Background: Limited data address psychosocial and environmental correlates of physical activity. Methods: We assessed associations of regular and recent leisure-time physical activity with physical/mental well-being, social support, and civic trust and reciprocity in a working-class Boston neighborhood. We surveyed 409 adults in 1999 to 2000 using methodology from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Results: Adjusted for demographic variables, correlates of regular physical activity included feeling energetic/healthy (odds ratio [OR] = 1.7, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.3 to 2.3 for each one of four categories), feeling worried/tense/anxious (OR = 0.7, 95% CI 0.5 to 1.0), pain interfering with usual activities (OR = 0.5, 95% CI 0.3 to 0.8), feeling sad/blue/depressed (OR = 0.7, 95% CI, 0.5 to 0.9), inadequate sleep/rest (OR = 0.8, 95% CI 0.6 to 1.0) and feeling satisfied with life (OR = 1.6, 95% CI 1.0 to 2.6, for very satisfied versus other). We found similar associations for participation in any physical activity. Conclusions: Lack of energy, anxiety, pain, sadness, poor sleep, and dissatisfaction with life were associated with low physical activity levels.
AB - Background: Limited data address psychosocial and environmental correlates of physical activity. Methods: We assessed associations of regular and recent leisure-time physical activity with physical/mental well-being, social support, and civic trust and reciprocity in a working-class Boston neighborhood. We surveyed 409 adults in 1999 to 2000 using methodology from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Results: Adjusted for demographic variables, correlates of regular physical activity included feeling energetic/healthy (odds ratio [OR] = 1.7, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.3 to 2.3 for each one of four categories), feeling worried/tense/anxious (OR = 0.7, 95% CI 0.5 to 1.0), pain interfering with usual activities (OR = 0.5, 95% CI 0.3 to 0.8), feeling sad/blue/depressed (OR = 0.7, 95% CI, 0.5 to 0.9), inadequate sleep/rest (OR = 0.8, 95% CI 0.6 to 1.0) and feeling satisfied with life (OR = 1.6, 95% CI 1.0 to 2.6, for very satisfied versus other). We found similar associations for participation in any physical activity. Conclusions: Lack of energy, anxiety, pain, sadness, poor sleep, and dissatisfaction with life were associated with low physical activity levels.
KW - Community
KW - Exercise
KW - Well-being
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U2 - 10.1123/jpah.2.4.397
DO - 10.1123/jpah.2.4.397
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85017593990
SN - 1543-3080
VL - 2
SP - 397
EP - 411
JO - Journal of Physical Activity and Health
JF - Journal of Physical Activity and Health
IS - 4
ER -