TY - JOUR
T1 - Physical outdoor activity versus indoor activity
T2 - Their influence on environmental behaviors
AU - Fang, Wei Ta
AU - Ng, Eric
AU - Chang, Mei Chuan
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank members of the Graduate Institute of Environmental Education, National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), for their contributions to the manuscript. This work was supported by grants from the Ministry of Science and Technology (105-2511-S-003-021-MY3 to W.-T. Fang). This article was also subsidized by the National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), Taiwan, ROC. The useful suggestions from anonymous reviewers were incorporated into the manuscript.
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PY - 2017/7/17
Y1 - 2017/7/17
N2 - There are strong evidences linking physical outdoor activity and health benefits; however, little is known about the impact on environmental behaviors. Thus, this study aims to close this gap by investigating the influence of physical outdoor activity on environmental behaviors. A total of 416 surveys were distributed to students in eight public primary schools located near the Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park in Taiwan. Findings from the analysis revealed that subjective norms had a more influential effect on environmental behaviors for participants who engaged in physical activity at outdoor parks. In contrast, descriptive norms had a direct predictive impact on environmental behaviors for participants whose main physical activity venue was at the indoor after-school centers. Research results also highlighted attitude as the strongest predictive variable influence on environmental behaviors for children who engaged in physical indoor and outdoor activities.
AB - There are strong evidences linking physical outdoor activity and health benefits; however, little is known about the impact on environmental behaviors. Thus, this study aims to close this gap by investigating the influence of physical outdoor activity on environmental behaviors. A total of 416 surveys were distributed to students in eight public primary schools located near the Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park in Taiwan. Findings from the analysis revealed that subjective norms had a more influential effect on environmental behaviors for participants who engaged in physical activity at outdoor parks. In contrast, descriptive norms had a direct predictive impact on environmental behaviors for participants whose main physical activity venue was at the indoor after-school centers. Research results also highlighted attitude as the strongest predictive variable influence on environmental behaviors for children who engaged in physical indoor and outdoor activities.
KW - Environmental behaviors
KW - Physical outdoor activity
KW - Primary school children
KW - Social norms
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph14070797
DO - 10.3390/ijerph14070797
M3 - Article
C2 - 28714934
AN - SCOPUS:85025108003
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 14
JO - International journal of environmental research and public health
JF - International journal of environmental research and public health
IS - 7
M1 - 797
ER -
