Relationships Among Religiosity, Physical Activity, and Sedentary Behavior in Jewish Adolescents

• Autores: David Kahan
• Localización: Pediatric exercise science, ISSN 0899-8493, Vol. 16, Nº. 1, 2004, págs. 54-63
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Because the effects of religion or religiosity on physical activity (PA) and sedentary activity (SA) are unknown, weekend accrual of PA and SA was measured among Jewish adolescents (N = 437) attending religious day schools in two large cities in the western United States. Participants completed the Self-Administered Physical Activity Checklist and demographic and religious questionnaire items. Orthodox respondents accrued less PA and SA on Saturday than the non-Orthodox; no differences on Sunday were found. Factor analysis of the religiosity items yielded three factors: observance, devotion, and doctrinal consonance. Correlation of factor scores with PA and SA revealed that observance was most strongly associated with accrual of PA and SA