A review on the effects of physical built environment attributes on enhancing walking and cycling activity levels within residential neighborhoods

Y Wang, CK Chau, WY Ng, TM Leung - Cities, 2016 - Elsevier
The growing worldwide awareness of the significant impacts of physical activities on
physical and physiological health has aroused great interest in the role of the physical built …

[BOOK][B] Psychology of physical activity: Determinants, well-being and interventions

S Biddle, N Mutrie - 2007 - taylorfrancis.com
As modern lifestyles offer ever more opportunities for a sedentary existence, physical activity
has become, for many, a marginal aspect of life. Too little physical activity is linked to …

Physical activity and quality of life among university students: exploring self-efficacy, self-esteem, and affect as potential mediators

RP Joseph, KE Royse, TJ Benitez, DW Pekmezi - Quality of life research, 2014 - Springer
Purpose Physical activity (PA) has been shown to enhance quality of life (QOL) in older
adults. Findings from these studies indicate that the relationship between PA and QOL is …

Physical activity as a model for health neuroscience

CM Stillman, KI Erickson - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Health neuroscience is a new interdisciplinary field that combines theories and techniques
from health psychology and cognitive and social–affective neuroscience in order to …

Method effects: The problem with negatively versus positively keyed items

M Lindwall, V Barkoukis, C Grano, F Lucidi… - Journal of personality …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Using confirmatory factor analyses, we examined method effects on Rosenberg's Self-
Esteem Scale (RSES; Rosenberg, 1965) in a sample of older European adults. Nine …

[BOOK][B] Developmental research methods

SA Miller - 2017 - books.google.com
The Fifth Edition of Scott A. Miller's classic Developmental Research Methods presents an
overview of methods to prepare students to carry out, report on, and evaluate research on …

Long-term follow-up of physical activity behavior in older adults.

E McAuley, KS Morris, RW Motl, L Hu… - Health …, 2007 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: To examine the contribution of social-cognitive factors (self-efficacy and affect) in
predicting long-term physical activity in a sample of older adults (N= 174). Design: A …

Mean-level change in self-esteem from childhood through adulthood: Meta-analysis of longitudinal studies

C Huang - Review of General Psychology, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
This study performs a meta-analysis of the mean-level of change in self-esteem across the
life span. Fifty-nine studies yielded data from 130 independent samples. Results indicate …

Physical activity, sedentary behavior and functionality in older adults: A cross-sectional path analysis

CA Garcia Meneguci, J Meneguci, JE Sasaki… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Disability is negatively associated with the health of older adults, and it can be mediated by
healthy lifestyles and behaviors throughout one's life. In this context, understanding the …

A longitudinal assessment of the links between physical activity and self-esteem in early adolescent non-Hispanic females

DL Schmalz, GD Deane, LL Birch… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2007 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: For decades, researchers have proclaimed the positive psychosocial benefits of
participation in physical activity. However, recent meta-analyses of the literature have found …