Factors Associated with Physician Discussion of Health Behaviors with Adolescents

Correlates of Exercise Participation in Adolescents

“…In particular, it is useful to understand the interplay between such factors using established health behavior theories so that future interventions may be based on a sound theoretical foundation. This study was a secondary analysis of data from the Health Behaviors of Adolescents (HBA) study (Befort et al, 2006; Choi et al, 2006). The original study was a cross‐sectional survey conducted to establish the feasibility of recruitment of participants and the feasibility of conducting research within the selected outpatient clinic.…”

“…1). Concepts of perceived health status, perceived relationship with parent, parental exercise, perceived environmental opportunities for exercise, competing demands, and individual characteristics measured in the HBA study (Befort et al, 2006; Choi et al, 2006) comprised the conceptual framework for this secondary analysis to test correlates of self‐reported exercise in the sampled adolescents.…”