Neighbourhood social capital as a moderator between individual cognitions and sports behaviour among Dutch adolescents

R.G. Prins, M.A. Beenackers, M.C. Boog, F.J. Van Lenthe, J. Brug and A. Oenema

Social Science & Medicine, 2014, vol. 105, issue C, 9-15

Abstract: This study aimed to explore whether individual cognitions and neighbourhood social capital strengthen each other in their relation with engaging in sports at least three times per week. Cross-sectional analyses on data from the last wave of the YouRAction trial (2009–2010, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; baseline response: 98%) were conducted. In total 1129 had data on the last wave questionnaire (93%) and 832 of them had complete data on a self-administered questionnaire on frequency of sports participation, perceived neighbourhood social capital, cognitions (attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioural control and intention toward sport participation) and demographics. Ecometric methods were used to aggregate perceived neighbourhood social capital to the neighbourhood level. Multilevel logistic regression analyses (neighbourhood and individual as levels) were conducted to examine associations of cognitions, neighbourhood social capital and the social capital by individual cognition interaction with fit norm compliance. If the interaction was significant, simple slopes analyses were conducted to decompose interaction effects.

Keywords: The Netherlands; Sports; Adolescent; Environment; Social; Cognitive factors; Moderation; Neighbourhood social capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.12.031

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