TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychological determinants of physical activity across the life course
T2 - A "DEterminants of DIet and Physical ACtivity" (DEDIPAC) umbrella systematic literature review
AU - Cortis, Cristina
AU - Puggina, Anna
AU - Pesce, Caterina
AU - Aleksovska, Katina
AU - Buck, Christoph
AU - Burns, Con
AU - Cardon, Greet
AU - Carlin, Angela
AU - Simon, Chantal
AU - Ciarapica, Donatella
AU - Condello, Giancarlo
AU - Coppinger, Tara
AU - D’Haese, Sara
AU - de Craemer, Marieke
AU - Di Blasio, Andrea
AU - Hansen, Sylvia
AU - Iacoviello, Licia
AU - Issartel, Johann
AU - Izzicupo, Pascal
AU - Jaeschke, Lina
AU - Kanning, Martina
AU - Kennedy, Aileen
AU - Ling, Fiona Chun Man
AU - Luzak, Agnes
AU - Napolitano, Giorgio
AU - Nazare, Julie Anne
AU - O’Donoghue, Grainne
AU - Perchoux, Camille
AU - Pischon, Tobias
AU - Polito, Angela
AU - Sannella, Alessandra
AU - Schulz, Holger
AU - Sohun, Rhoda
AU - Steinbrecher, Astrid
AU - Schlicht, Wolfgang
AU - Ricciardi, Walter
AU - Castellani, Loriana
AU - Macdonncha, Ciaran
AU - Capranica, Laura
AU - Boccia, Stefania
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Ma et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
PY - 2017/8
Y1 - 2017/8
N2 - Low levels of physical activity (PA) are reported to contribute to the occurrence of non-communicable diseases over the life course. Although psychological factors have been identified as an important category concerning PA behavior, knowledge on psychological determinants of PA is still inconclusive. Therefore, the aim of this umbrella systematic literature review (SLR) was to summarize and synthesize the scientific evidence on psychological determinants of PA behavior across the life course. A systematic online search was conducted on MEDLINE, ISI Web of Science, Scopus, and SPORTDiscus databases. The search was limited to studies published in English from January 2004 to April 2016. SLRs and meta-analyses (MAs) of observational studies investigating the association of psychological variables and PA were considered eligible. Extracted data were evaluated based on importance of determinants, strength of evidence, and methodological quality. The full protocol is available from PROSPERO (Record ID: CRD42015010616). Twenty reviews (14 SLRs and 6 MAs), mostly of moderate methodological quality, were found eligible. Convincing evidence was found for self-efficacy (positive association with PA) in children and adolescents, and stress (negative association with PA) regardless of age. Most of the evidence revealing an association between psychological determinants and PA is probable and limited, mainly due to differences in the definition of PA and of psychological determinants across reviews. Thus, scholars are urged to reach a consensus on clear definitions of relevant psychological determinants of PA, subsuming cultural biases and allowing the possibility to obtain clear interpretations and generalizability of findings. Finally, most psychological determinants should be considered within a larger framework of other multi-level determinants that may interact or mediate some of the effects.
AB - Low levels of physical activity (PA) are reported to contribute to the occurrence of non-communicable diseases over the life course. Although psychological factors have been identified as an important category concerning PA behavior, knowledge on psychological determinants of PA is still inconclusive. Therefore, the aim of this umbrella systematic literature review (SLR) was to summarize and synthesize the scientific evidence on psychological determinants of PA behavior across the life course. A systematic online search was conducted on MEDLINE, ISI Web of Science, Scopus, and SPORTDiscus databases. The search was limited to studies published in English from January 2004 to April 2016. SLRs and meta-analyses (MAs) of observational studies investigating the association of psychological variables and PA were considered eligible. Extracted data were evaluated based on importance of determinants, strength of evidence, and methodological quality. The full protocol is available from PROSPERO (Record ID: CRD42015010616). Twenty reviews (14 SLRs and 6 MAs), mostly of moderate methodological quality, were found eligible. Convincing evidence was found for self-efficacy (positive association with PA) in children and adolescents, and stress (negative association with PA) regardless of age. Most of the evidence revealing an association between psychological determinants and PA is probable and limited, mainly due to differences in the definition of PA and of psychological determinants across reviews. Thus, scholars are urged to reach a consensus on clear definitions of relevant psychological determinants of PA, subsuming cultural biases and allowing the possibility to obtain clear interpretations and generalizability of findings. Finally, most psychological determinants should be considered within a larger framework of other multi-level determinants that may interact or mediate some of the effects.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85027715815&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0182709
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0182709
M3 - Article
C2 - 28817676
AN - SCOPUS:85027715815
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 12
SP - -
JO - PLoS ONE
JF - PLoS ONE
IS - 8
M1 - e0182709
ER -
