Motivational determinants of physical activity in disadvantaged populations with (pre)diabetes: a cross-cultural comparison.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding motivational determinants of physical activity (PA) is essential to guide the implementation of PA at individual and population level. Knowledge about the cross-cultural generalizability of these determinants is lacking and they have mostly been studied as separate factors. This study compares a motivational process model across samples from diverse populations with, or at risk of diabetes.

Methods

Measurement invariance of barrier identified regulation, barrier self-efficacy and social support was assessed in a rural Ugandan sample (n = 712) and disadvantaged samples with high proportions of immigrants in urban South Africa (n = 566) and Sweden (n = 147). These motivational determinants were then compared through multigroup structural equation model

SUBMITTER: De Man J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8787976 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature