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Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 2/2017

01-04-2017 | Original Paper

Correlates of Physical Activity Differ by Sex and Country of Birth Among Mexican-Heritage Youth

Authors: Anna V. Wilkinson, Erline E. Miller, Laura M. Koehly, Carrie R. Daniel, Michele R. Forman

Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | Issue 2/2017

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Abstract

Barriers to physical activity (PA) may be experienced differently by sex and country of birth. We examine psychosocial correlates of PA in four groups based on sex (boy/girl) and country of birth [Mexico/United States (U.S.)]. 1154 Mexican heritage adolescents residing in Houston, Texas provided psychosocial data in 2008–09 and PA (number of days per week active for at least 60 min) in 2010–11 (N = 1001). Poisson regression models were fitted for each groups. Among boys, English language preference (p US-born  = 0.045, p Mexico-born  = 0.008) and higher subjective social status (p US-born  = 0.002, p Mexico-born  = 0.031) were associated with increased PA. Body image dissatisfaction was associated with decreased PA in Mexico-born girls (p = 0.007). Sensation-seeking tendencies were associated with increased PA among all groups; anxiety was associated with decreased PA among all but U.S.-born boys. Tailoring PA interventions to key sex-specific psychosocial correlates rather than country of birth may enhance efficacy of interventions to increase PA levels among Mexican heritage adolescents.
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Metadata
Title
Correlates of Physical Activity Differ by Sex and Country of Birth Among Mexican-Heritage Youth
Authors
Anna V. Wilkinson
Erline E. Miller
Laura M. Koehly
Carrie R. Daniel
Michele R. Forman
Publication date
01-04-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 1557-1912
Electronic ISSN: 1557-1920
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-016-0451-x

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