Motivational determinants of physical activity in disadvantaged populations with (pre)diabetes: A cross-cultural comparison
Date
2021Author
De Man, Jeroen
Kasujja, Francis Xavier
Delobelle, Peter
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Understanding motivational determinants of physical activity (PA) is essential to guide the implementation of PA at individual and
population level. Knowledge about the cross-cultural generalizability of these determinants is lacking and they have mostly been
studied as separate factors. This study compares a motivational process model across samples from diverse populations with, or at
risk of diabetes.Measurement invariance of barrier identified regulation, barrier self-efficacy and social support was assessed in a rural Ugandan sample
(n=712) and disadvantaged samples with high proportions of immigrants in urban South Africa (n=566) and Sweden (n=147). These
motivational determinants were then compared through multigroup structural equation modeling.