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Li, Kin-Kit; Cardinal, Bradley J.; Vuchinich, Samuel – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2009
This study examined the effect of health worry (i.e., cognitive aspect of anxiety resulting from concern for health) on walking difficulty in a nationally representative sample (N = 7,527) of older adults (M age = 76.83 years). The study further tested whether physical activity mediates the effect of health worry on walking difficulty in a 6-year…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Anxiety, Older Adults, Longitudinal Studies
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Berrigan, David; Dodd, Kevin; Troiano, Richard P.; Reeve, Bryce B.; Ballard-Barbash, Rachel – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2006
Understanding the prevalence and demographic correlates of physical activity is important for public health and epidemiological research. This analysis examines the association between acculturation and physical activity in a large (similar to 5,000) sample of Hispanic adults from the 2000 National Health Interview Survey. Scores for eight…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Acculturation, Adults, Hispanic Americans