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Understanding physical activity environmental correlates : increased specificity for ecological models

journal contribution
posted on 2005-10-01, 00:00 authored by B Giles-Corti, Anna TimperioAnna Timperio, F Bull, T Pikora
Ecological models are now used to understand the complex array of factors that influence physical activity, resulting in a greater emphasis on environmental correlates. This selective review examines whether the predictive capacity of these models could be improved if behavior-specific measures of the environment were used to predict context-specific behaviors.

History

Journal

Exercise and sport sciences reviews

Volume

33

Issue

4

Pagination

175 - 181

Publisher

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

Location

Philadelphia, Pa.

ISSN

0091-6331

eISSN

1538-3008

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2005, American College of Sports Medicine