Journal article
Cognitive influences as mediators of family and peer support for pediatric cancer survivors' physical activity
Psycho-oncology (Chichester, England), Vol.22(6), pp.1361-1368
06/2013
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3140
PMCID: PMC3511656
PMID: 22826210
Abstract
Objective The objective of this study was to determine the extent to which self-efficacy mediates the relations between social support and childhood cancer survivors' physical activity (PA). Methods A structured telephone survey was conducted with 105 childhood cancer survivors aged 8-16years. Participants completed measures assessing their PA as well as proposed predictors of PA including various demographic, medical, cognitive, and social influences. Multiple mediation analyses were utilized to evaluate the relations between social support, cognitive influences, and survivor PA. Results Cognitive influences, including perceived benefits, barriers, and self-efficacy for PA, partially mediated the influence of family and peer support on survivor PA. Self-efficacy emerged as a significant unique mediator, indicating that higher levels of family and peer support are associated with higher levels of survivor PA via increases in survivor self-efficacy. Conclusions Social support has both direct and indirect influences on survivor PA. Indirectly, social support influences PA via survivor self-efficacy. Interventions should target family and peer support as well as self-efficacy to increase survivor PA. Copyright (c) 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Cognitive influences as mediators of family and peer support for pediatric cancer survivors' physical activity
- Creators
- Margaux B. Gilliam - University of Alabama at BirminghamAvi Madan-Swain - University of Alabama at BirminghamKimberly Whelan - University of Alabama at BirminghamDiane C. Tucker - University of Alabama at BirminghamWendy Demark-Wahnefried - University of Alabama at BirminghamDavid C. Schwebel - University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Psycho-oncology (Chichester, England), Vol.22(6), pp.1361-1368
- DOI
- 10.1002/pon.3140
- PMID
- 22826210
- PMCID
- PMC3511656
- NLM abbreviation
- Psychooncology
- ISSN
- 1057-9249
- eISSN
- 1099-1611
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- P30 CA13148-39; R25 CA047888 / National Cancer Institute; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2013
- Academic Unit
- Research Administration
- Record Identifier
- 9984949186102771
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