Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Identifier

5981

Date

2017

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy

Major

Counseling Psychology

Committee Chair

Suzanne Lease

Committee Member

Mace Coday

Committee Member

Douglas Strohmer

Committee Member

Brook Harmon

Abstract

Physical inactivity is a leading cause of death in the United States and smokers are more at risk to be physically inactive. Physical activity interventions can be one-dimensional and not attend to co-occurring variables that may impact health behaviors. This study examined interrelationship among social ecological variables and identified subgroups of individuals based on their engagement in leisure time physical activity (LTPA) six months after randomization into the comparison arm of a clinical trial for persons trying to quit smoking and not gain weight. Classification and regression trees (CART) analyses were conducted to form subgroups of individuals based ontheir level of LTPA within a social ecological framework. Important variables identified by CART included neighborhood accessibility, occupational physical activity, sleep, age, and neighborhood safety. Findings from this study indicate that addressing the interactive nature of important, co-occurring variables on a person's LTPA may aid in the development of empirically-driven interventions.

Comments

Data is provided by the student.

Library Comment

Dissertation or thesis originally submitted to the local University of Memphis Electronic Theses & dissertation (ETD) Repository.

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