Development of a dynamic framework to explain population patterns of leisure-time physical activity through agent-based modeling.

ABSTRACT: Despite the increasing body of evidences on the factors influencing leisure-time physical activity, our understanding of the mechanisms and interactions that lead to the formation and evolution of population patterns is still limited. Moreover, most frameworks in this field fail to capture dynamic processes. Our aim was to create a dynamic conceptual model depicting the interaction between key psychological attributes of individuals and main aspects of the built and social environments in which they live. This conceptual model will inform and support the development of an agent-based model aimed to explore how population patterns of LTPA in adults may emerge from the dynamic interplay between psychological traits and built and social environments. We integrated existing theories and models

SUBMITTER: Garcia LMT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5568398 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature