Adolescents' sedentary time, affect, and contextual factors: An ecological momentary assessment study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few adolescents achieve sufficient levels of physical activity, and many are spending most of their time in sedentary behavior. Affective response following sedentary time may influence motivation to remain sedentary. Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) is a real-time data capture methodology that can be used to identify factors influencing sedentary time, such as the context of the home setting, and resulting affective state within a free-living setting. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between context at home and adolescent sedentary time, and the relationship of sedentary time and subsequent affect.

Methods

Adolescents (n = 284; 10-16 y) participated in an EMA study that used random, interval-based sampling methods. Adolescents each

SUBMITTER: Kracht CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8047569 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature