Expectancy-Value Model Related to Physical Activity Behaviors in Chilean and Spanish Adolescents

Laura O. Gallardo, Alberto Abarca-Sos and Alberto Moreno Doña
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Laura O. Gallardo: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Zaragoza, 44003 Teruel, Spain
Alberto Abarca-Sos: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Zaragoza, 44003 Teruel, Spain
Alberto Moreno Doña: Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Valparaíso, 2520000 Viña del Mar, Chile

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 21, 1-15

Abstract: The purpose of the study is to comparatively test the expectancy-value model in Chilean and Spanish samples. The model proposes: a social world (composed of social support, physical activity teasing, and weight teasing), expectancy (composed of perceived competence and appearance), task values (composed of enjoyment and stress) to predict physical activity and intention to be physically active. Participants were 497 (Chilean) and 1365 (Spanish) adolescents. Structural equation models and multi-group modelling were used. All the models presented adequate fit to the data. The results show that physical activity teasing is a contextual and essential variable; perceived competence and enjoyment influenced physical activity and intentions to be physically active; some differences appeared in the prediction of physical activity and intentions to be physically active when the multi-group model was run. Culturally tailored interventions are key to improving physical activity (PA) behaviors.

Keywords: physical activity; intention to be physically active; teasing; competence; appearance; stress; enjoyment; friend support (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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