title: Recreational facilities and leisure-time physical activity: An analysis of moderators and self-efficacy as a mediator.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine socio-demographic and psychosocial moderators, and self-efficacy as a mediator of the cross-sectional relationships between having access to recreational facilities and leisure-time physical activity (LTPA); to investigate the extent to which the environment-LTPA associations could be explained by self-selection to neighborhoods.
  
  
  METHODS
  A two-stage stratified sampling design was used to recruit 2,650 adults (aged 20-65) from 32 urban communities varying in walkability and socioeconomic status. Participants reported perceived access to facilities and home equipment for LTPA, weekly minutes of LTPA, self-efficacy for and enjoyment of LTPA, reasons for neighborhood selection, and socio-demographic characteristics.
  
  
  METHODS
  Self-reported recreational walking and other forms of moderate-to-vigorous LTPA expressed in MET-minutes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Specific types of recreational facilities were independently associated with LTPA. Age, education, being overweight/obese, reasons for neighborhood selection, enjoyment of, and self-efficacy for LTPA moderated these relationships. Self-efficacy was not a significant mediator of these cross-sectional associations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings have potentially significant implications for the planning of environmental interventions aimed at increasing population-level LTPA particularly in those who are less attitudinally inclined to being physically active.
authors: Institute of Human Performance, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China. ecerin@hku.hk
authors: Ester
authors: E
authors: Cerin
authors: Corneel
authors: C
authors: Vandelanotte
authors: Eva
authors: E
authors: Leslie
authors: Dafna
authors: D
authors: Merom
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D011633:Public Facilities; D011998:Recreation; D020377:Self Efficacy