title: Active commuting to school: a test of a modified integrative model.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To test a modified integrative model (IM) in explaining parents' intention toward active commuting to school (ACS) and children's ACS.
  
  
  METHODS
  Parents of fourth graders (N = 857) completed a survey assessing factors associated with ACS. A modified IM was developed and tested using structural equation modeling.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The IM demonstrated good model fit (RMSEA = .04, CFI = .97, TLI = .97). Perceived barriers, self-efficacy, and health beliefs/outcome evaluation predicted parents' intention directly and children's ACS indirectly, with self-efficacy as the strongest predictor. Intention, in turn, predicted children's ACS. Similar findings emerged in a replication using the urban subsample data.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The IM may enable health behavior researchers to design effective interventions to promote ACS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health & Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA. wlu@hlkn.tamu.edu.
authors.forename: Wenhua
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Department of Health & Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
authors.forename: E Lisako J
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: McKyer
authors.affiliation: Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Chanam
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Suojin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Health & Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Goodson
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion & Community Health Sciences, Health Science Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Marcia G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Ory
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001642:Bicycling; D002648:Child; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents; D012574:Schools; D020377:Self Efficacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014186:Transportation / Q000379:methods*; D016138:Walking