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Correlates of Physical Activity in Urban African American Adults and Older Adults: Testing the Social Cognitive Theory

Author(s) -

Neha P. Gothe

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

annals of behavioral medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.701

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1532-4796

pISSN - 0883-6612

DOI - 10.1093/abm/kax038

Subject(s) - psychosocial , gerontology , social cognitive theory , structural equation modeling , social support , psychology , ethnic group , population , health psychology , demography , medicine , public health , developmental psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , statistics , mathematics , nursing , sociology , anthropology

Older adults, especially ethnic minorities continue to be the least active segment of the U.S. population. Health disparities are evident in that African Americans participate in less physical activity (PA) and are less likely to meet PA guidelines compared with non-Hispanic Caucasians.

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