Maintenance and decline of physical activity during adolescence: insights from a qualitative study
Maintenance and decline of physical activity during adolescence: insights from a qualitative study
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DOI：
10.1186/1479-5868-8-117
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发表时间：
2011-10-21
影响因子：
8.7
通讯作者：
Beauchamp, Jacinthe
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作者：
Belanger, Mathieu;Casey, Michelle;Beauchamp, Jacinthe
目的：需要更好地了解为什么有些人在整个青春期都能成功地保持对体育活动的参与，以指导制定有效的干预措施，以增加并随后保持体育活动水平。尽管有了深入的了解，但定性设计很少被用来研究体力活动的维持。探讨青春期体力活动维持和减少的影响因素。方法：对515名10-12年级学生进行问卷调查。采用青少年体力活动问卷测定青春期结束时的体力活动水平。这份问卷的改编版本被用来评估青春期早期的体力活动。在男女中，我们确定了从7年级开始保持高水平体力活动的参与者，以及一些活动水平下降的参与者。每组随机抽取10名学生参加焦点小组讨论。结果：共举办了7个焦点小组，每组5~8人。保持者和衰退者都将体力活动与积极的健康结果联系在一起。保持体力活动与支持性的社会环境和增强的能力和吸引力有关。体力活动减少与消极的社会认可、较差的社会支持和接触障碍有关。结论：尽管养育者和衰退者将体力活动与相似的主题联系在一起，但两组人在这些主题上的体验有很大差异。考虑到这两个方面，有助于改进干预措施，以增加和维持青少年的体力活动水平。
Purpose: Better knowledge on why some individuals succeed in maintaining participation in physical activity throughout adolescence is needed to guide the development of effective interventions to increase and then maintain physical activity levels. Despite allowing an in-depth understanding, qualitative designs have infrequently been used to study physical activity maintenance. We explored factors contributing to the maintenance and the decline of physical activity during adolescence.Methods: Questionnaires were administered to 515 grade 10-12 students. The Physical Activity Questionnaire for Adolescents was used to determine physical activity level at the end of adolescence. An adapted version of this questionnaire was used to estimate physical activity in early adolescence. Among both genders, we identified participants who maintained a high level of physical activity since grade 7 and some whose activity level declined. For each category, groups of 10 students were randomly selected to take part in focus group discussions.Results: Seven focus groups with 5 to 8 participants in each were held. Both maintainers and decliners associated physical activity with positive health outcomes. Maintenance of physical activity was associated with supportive social environments and heightened feelings of competence and attractiveness. A decline in physical activity was associated with negative social validation, poor social support and barriers related to access.Conclusions: Although maintainers and decliners associate physical activity with similar themes, the experiences of both groups differ substantially with regards to those themes. Taking both perspectives in consideration could help improve interventions to increase and maintain physical activity levels of adolescents.