Physical Activity-Related Health Competence, Physical Activity, and Physical Fitness

Analysis of Control Competence for the Self-Directed Exercise of Adolescents

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15463511
AutoresStephanie Rosenstiel (0000-0001-5965-6133, University of Tübingen, autor de correspondencia), Carmen Volk (0000-0002-8480-9514, University of Tübingen), Yolanda Demetriou (0000-0001-6781-1295, Technical University of Munich), Oliver Höner (0000-0002-3108-1531, University of Tübingen), Ansgar Thiel (0000-0001-9217-0442, University of Tübingen), Gorden Sudeck (0000-0002-7051-7385, University of Tübingen)
Año2019
Volumen17
Número1
Páginas39-39
Fecha de publicación2019-12-19
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph17010039
OpenAlexW2996171255
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas21
Referencias citadas41

(1) Background: Individuals have to effectively manage their physical activity in order to optimize the associated physical and psychological health benefits. Control competence allows the individual to structure and pace physical activity in a health-enhancing way. The concept was developed within a model of physical activity-related health competence, and is related to the concepts of health literacy and physical literacy. Therefore, the study firstly aimed to validate a self-report scale to measure the physical and psychological facets of control competence in adolescents. Secondly, relationships between control competence and its basic elements, knowledge and motivation, as well as between control competence, sport activity, and fitness, were investigated. (2) Methods: In two cross-sectional studies, ninth grade adolescents (study A: n = 794, 51% female; study B: n = 860, 52% female) were tested using self-report scales (study A and B), a test for health-related fitness knowledge (study B), and cardiovascular and muscular fitness tests (study B). (3) Results: Confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the two-factor structure of the self-report scale for control competence in studies A and B. In addition, the results of structural equation modeling in study B showed a relationship between motivation (via control competence) and sport activity, and a relationship between control competence and fitness. (4) Conclusion: The questionnaire extends the ability to assess control competence in adolescents. Moreover the findings support the importance of control competence in order to achieve health benefits through physical activity

Competence (human resources · Developmental psychology · Health care · Health literacy · Physical fitness · Physical therapy · Structural equation modeling · Children's Physical and Motor Development · Computer Science · Medicine · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Social Psychology