@article{ref1,
title="Predicting transport-related walking in Chinese employees by integrating worksite neighbourhood walkability and social cognition",
journal="Applied psychology: health and well-being",
year="2019",
author="Zhang, Ru and Zhang, Chun-Qing and Gan, Yiqun and Li, Danyang and Rhodes, Ryan E.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: As an accessible and inexpensive activity in daily life for employees, transport-related walking is a promising focus of physical activity initiatives. The purpose of this study was to integrate worksite neighbourhood walkability with the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) to predict transport-related walking in Chinese employees using a longitudinal design. <br><br>METHODS: A sample of 157 employees (M<sub>age</sub>  = 33.26 years; SD = 7.18) reported their social cognition and worksite neighbourhood environment perceptions at the baseline. Self-reported transport-related walking was measured at two time points, 1 month apart. <br><br>RESULTS: Path analyses revealed that intention had a direct effect on walking, while attitudes, subjective norm, and perceived behavioural control had indirect effects on walking via intention. Past behaviour had a significant effect on walking, attenuating the intention-behaviour effect substantially. However, there was no indirect effect from perceived worksite neighbourhood walkability on walking through the TPB constructs. Furthermore, perceived neighbourhood walkability did not moderate the intention-walking relationship. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Perceived worksite neighbourhood walkability had limited effects on transport-related walking, which seems to be a motivated and habitual behaviour. Habit-based interventions may be a priority over social cognitive and environmental change interventions, and future experimental studies are needed.<br><br>© 2019 The International Association of Applied Psychology.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1758-0846",
doi="10.1111/aphw.12164",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12164"
}