Table 2.
A Comparison of Walking Group Leaders and Walking Group Members on Psychosocial Characteristics and Behaviors
| Dependent Variables | Leader Mean (SE) n = 60 |
Member Mean (SE) n = 236 |
F (p) for difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychosocial Characteristics | |||
| Self-regulation: goals (range: 1-5) | 2.58 (0.19) | 2.10 (0.16) | 12.11 (0.001) |
| Self-regulation: plans (range: 1-5) | 3.63 (0.22) | 3.48 (0.17) | 0.91 (0.34) |
| Exercise self-efficacy (range: 1-7) | 4.52 (0.28) | 3.71 (0.22) | 15.16 (0.0003) |
| Exercise social support (range: 1-5) | 2.68 (0.12) | 2.40 (0.10) | 9.71 (0.003) |
| Behaviors | |||
| MVPA, mins/day | 22.28 (3.35) | 21.39 (2.70) | 0.13 (0.72) |
| MVPA, % of wear time | 2.59 (0.38) | 2.44 (0.31) | 0.29 (0.59) |
| Sedentary behavior, mins/day | 557.90 (22.15) | 556.65 (18.01) | 0.01 (0.94) |
| Sedentary behavior, % of wear time | 65.40 (2.42) | 65.18 (1.96) | 0.02 (0.90) |
| Use of outdoor area with trail for PA, days/month | 6.39 (1.16) | 3.87 (0.92) | 8.57 (0.005) |
| Use of other outdoor area for PA, days/month | 5.91 (1.14) | 3.30 (0.90) | 9.69 (0.003) |
Note: MVPA = moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity. PA = physical activity. Means and p values resulted from regression models that adjusted for group clustering as well as race, age, gender, education, self-rated health, and body mass index. The MVPA and sedentary behavior models also adjusted for accelerometer wear time.