Triple constraints and physical activity in adolescent girls: The mediating role of social physical anxiety (based on nonlinear education)

Document Type : Original research

Authors
Zahra Fathirezaie
Samaneh Nahravani 1
Seyyed Hojjat Zamani Sani 2
Mohamad Taghi Aghdasi 2
Kosar Abbaspour 3
Behzad Behzadnia 4
1 department of motor behavior , uinversity of Tabriz
2 university of Tabriz
3 Department of Motor Behavior, Physical Education and Sport Science Faculty, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
4 Department of Motor Behavior, Faculty of Physical Education, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
10.22089/spsyj.2022.11940.2271
Abstract
The aim of this study was to model the structural equations of the relationship between Newell constraints (individual, task and environment constraints) and the amount of physical activity in adolescent girls as well as the mediating role of social physical anxiety in the relationship between them. In this cross-sectional-correlational study, 318 female subjects (15-17 years old) were selected from the secondary school students of Tabriz by multi-stage cluster random sampling method. Demographic information questionnaire, researcher-made questionnaire of personal, environmental and homework factors, social support for exercise survey, physical activity questionnaire for adolescents and Hart's social physical anxiety scale were used to collect data. Data analysis was performed using Pearson correlation statistical method in SPSS23 software. In addition to descriptive statistics, structural equation modeling was used in LISREL10.20 software. The results showed a direct path of the three constraints (individual, environment and task) to social physical anxiety and the amount of physical activity; The direct path of social physical anxiety to the amount of physical activity, and the indirect path of the three constraints to the amount of physical activity are significant with the mediating role of social physical anxiety. The results of this study shed light on the role of social support for parents as well as friends for adolescents' participation in physical activity. It should be noted that various levels of different factors such as supportive and social environments can interact with each other to affect the amount of physical activity as an important health behavior in adolescent girls.
Keywords
Newell Constraints
Social Physical Anxiety
Social Parental Support
Physical Activity
Adolescent Girls

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Sport Psychology Studies
Volume 12, Issue 43
April 2023
Pages 189-261

  • Receive Date 20 December 2021
  • Revise Date 15 June 2022
  • Accept Date 04 July 2022