TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Predicting transport-related walking in Chinese employees by integrating worksite neighbourhood walkability and social cognition
JO  - Applied psychology: health and well-being
A1  - Zhang, Ru
A1  - Zhang, Chun-Qing
A1  - Gan, Yiqun
A1  - Li, Danyang
A1  - Rhodes, Ryan E.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1758-0846
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12164
ID  - ref1
ER  -