@article{ref1,
title="Perceived neighborhood walkability and physical exercise: an examination of casual communication in a social process",
journal="Health and place",
year="2018",
author="Yamamoto, Masahiro and Jo, Hyerim",
volume="51",
number="",
pages="28-35",
abstract="Despite the accumulated evidence for the environmental correlates of physical activity, social processes underlying this association are not entirely clear. This study positions communication characterized by weak ties as a social mechanism linking neighborhood walkability with physical exercise. Data from a survey of Chicago residents show that perceived neighborhood walkability is positively related to frequency of weak-tie communication. Frequency of weak-tie communication is related positively to perceived social cohesion and negatively to anonymity, both of which are significantly related to frequency of physical exercise in the neighborhood. Data also show a sequential indirect relationship involving perceived neighborhood walkability, weak-tie communication, anonymity, and physical exercise. Implications are discussed in terms of the role of communication in promoting locality-based physical exercise.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1353-8292",
doi="10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.02.006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.02.006"
}