英文摘要 |
The purposes of the study were to explore the effects of background variables, peer influence, and promoting factors on the behavioral intentions of adolescents that participated in physical activities. With the students of public junior high schools in a district in Taipei City as the population, by multiple step cluster sampling, a total of 681seventh, eighth, and ninth grade students in four schools completed questionnaires. The respondent rate was 84.1%. The results of the study are: the boys accounted for 49.9% and the girls accounted for 48.2%. The average scores of the short-term (one month) and long-term (six months) behavioral intentions of participated physical activities were 2.41 and 2.38, respectively, which were lower behavioral intentions. The influential factors include gender, peer influence, and promoting factors, while the predictors explained 46.5% of the short-term behavioral intention variance and 49.8% of the long-term behavioral intention variance. It is suggested that longitudinal observations and studies be conducted on peer influence in order to understand its long-term influence on physical activities of adolescents. Additionally, when planning physical activities related educational interventions, the developmental characteristics of adolescents and environmental equipments shall serve as a reference. |