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Testing the Youth Physical Activity Promotion Model during the COVID-19 Pandemic, with Partial Least Squares Second-Order Latent Constructs
We tested the Youth Physical Activity Promotion (YPAP) framework on Romanian students in order to identify actionable determinants to support participation in physical activity. Our sample consisted of 665 responses to an online survey, with participants aged 18–23 (mean = 19 years); 70% were women....
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8296221/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34199185 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126398 |
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author | Druică, Elena Ianole-Călin, Rodica Sakizlian, Monica Aducovschi, Daniela Dumitrescu, Remus Sakizlian, Robert |
author_facet | Druică, Elena Ianole-Călin, Rodica Sakizlian, Monica Aducovschi, Daniela Dumitrescu, Remus Sakizlian, Robert |
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description | We tested the Youth Physical Activity Promotion (YPAP) framework on Romanian students in order to identify actionable determinants to support participation in physical activity. Our sample consisted of 665 responses to an online survey, with participants aged 18–23 (mean = 19 years); 70% were women. We used the partial least squares algorithm to estimate the relationships between students’ behavior and possible predictors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results indicate that all the theoretical dimensions of YPAP (predisposing, enabling and reinforcing) have a positive and significant impact on physical activity, with two mediating mechanisms expressed as predisposing factors: able and worth. Unlike previous research, we used second-order latent constructs, unveiling a particular structure for the enabling dimension that only includes sport competence, fitness and skills, but not the environmental factors. |
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spelling | pubmed-82962212021-07-23 Testing the Youth Physical Activity Promotion Model during the COVID-19 Pandemic, with Partial Least Squares Second-Order Latent Constructs Druică, Elena Ianole-Călin, Rodica Sakizlian, Monica Aducovschi, Daniela Dumitrescu, Remus Sakizlian, Robert Int J Environ Res Public Health Article We tested the Youth Physical Activity Promotion (YPAP) framework on Romanian students in order to identify actionable determinants to support participation in physical activity. Our sample consisted of 665 responses to an online survey, with participants aged 18–23 (mean = 19 years); 70% were women. We used the partial least squares algorithm to estimate the relationships between students’ behavior and possible predictors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results indicate that all the theoretical dimensions of YPAP (predisposing, enabling and reinforcing) have a positive and significant impact on physical activity, with two mediating mechanisms expressed as predisposing factors: able and worth. Unlike previous research, we used second-order latent constructs, unveiling a particular structure for the enabling dimension that only includes sport competence, fitness and skills, but not the environmental factors. MDPI 2021-06-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8296221/ /pubmed/34199185 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126398 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Druică, Elena Ianole-Călin, Rodica Sakizlian, Monica Aducovschi, Daniela Dumitrescu, Remus Sakizlian, Robert Testing the Youth Physical Activity Promotion Model during the COVID-19 Pandemic, with Partial Least Squares Second-Order Latent Constructs |
title | Testing the Youth Physical Activity Promotion Model during the COVID-19 Pandemic, with Partial Least Squares Second-Order Latent Constructs |
title_full | Testing the Youth Physical Activity Promotion Model during the COVID-19 Pandemic, with Partial Least Squares Second-Order Latent Constructs |
title_fullStr | Testing the Youth Physical Activity Promotion Model during the COVID-19 Pandemic, with Partial Least Squares Second-Order Latent Constructs |
title_full_unstemmed | Testing the Youth Physical Activity Promotion Model during the COVID-19 Pandemic, with Partial Least Squares Second-Order Latent Constructs |
title_short | Testing the Youth Physical Activity Promotion Model during the COVID-19 Pandemic, with Partial Least Squares Second-Order Latent Constructs |
title_sort | testing the youth physical activity promotion model during the covid-19 pandemic, with partial least squares second-order latent constructs |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8296221/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34199185 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126398 |
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