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Physical activity and psychosocial characteristics of the peer supporters in the PLAN-A study—a latent class analysis
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Salway, Ruth, Sebire, Simon J., Tibbitts, Byron, Sanderson, Emily, Kandiyali, Rebecca, Willis, Kate, MacNeill, Stephanie J. and Jago, Russell (2020) Physical activity and psychosocial characteristics of the peer supporters in the PLAN-A study—a latent class analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (21). 7980. doi:10.3390/ijerph17217980 ISSN 1660-4601.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17217980
Abstract
PLAN-A is a cluster randomised controlled trial of a peer-led physical activity intervention which uses peer supporters to increase the physical activity of 13–14-year-old girls in the UK. This paper uses latent class analysis to identify classes in the whole study population and investigate how those selected as peer supporters in PLAN-A were drawn from different social groups. We identified five classes of girls, based on psychosocial variables (self-esteem, physical activity self-efficacy, motivation, physical activity values among friends and peer support for physical activity (PA) and physical activity behaviour variables (average minutes of weekday MVPA, sedentary time and screen viewing). Peer supporters were similar to the whole study population in terms of overall demographics, but were drawn unequally from the five classes. In addition, there was considerable variation in the distribution of peer supporters between schools. The selection of peer supporters is an integral component of peer-led interventions and should be explored and linked to underlying theory to understand the characteristics of those recruited. However, demographic representativeness is not necessarily the aim, and simple reporting of overall demographic comparisons may mask important differences within subgroups.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | ||||||
Publisher: | MDPI | ||||||
ISSN: | 1660-4601 | ||||||
Official Date: | 30 October 2020 | ||||||
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Volume: | 17 | ||||||
Number: | 21 | ||||||
Article Number: | 7980 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph17217980 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) |
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