Associations between self-efficacy and sedentary behaviour: a meta-analysis

Figures & data

Figure 1. The flow chart of selection process.

Table 1. Results of meta-analysis and moderation analysis of the association between self-efficacy and sedentary behaviour.

	Estimate of the average effect	Range of correlation coefficients retrieved from original studies	95% CI for the estimate of the average effect	N	K^a	Heterogeneity				Test for moderating effects
						Q	I^2%	τ	τ^2	QB	p
Overall effect	−.158	−.50; .06	[−.22; −.09]	11959	28	304.98 p < .001	91.15	.159	.025
Moderators effects for overall effect
The type of SB conceptualization										1.053	.305
Total screen time	−.193	−.50; .06	[−.28; −.10]	5560	12
Total sitting time	−.131	−.35; .06	[−.21; −.05]	6400	16
The type of self-efficacy conceptualization										1.178	.278
PA self-efficacy	−.131	−.31; .06	[−.22; −.04]	4138	14
SB reduction self-efficacy	−.203	−.50; .06	[−.30; −.11]	6390	12
The type of SB measurement										0.017	.896
Objective	−.154	−.31; .01	[−.29; −.01]	1430	6
Self-report	−.164	−.50; .06	[−.23; −.09]	10529	22
The age group										1.244	.537
Children and adolescents	−.149	−.50; .06	[−.23; −.07]	8770	18
Adults	−.144	−.48; .06	[−.26; −.02]	2784	8
Older adults	−.287	−.30; −.28	[−.50; −.05]	406	2

Note. SB – sedentary behaviour; PA – physical activity.

^a 26 studies were included in the analysis, two studies out of 26 accounted for two separate samples (Alert et al., 2019; Garcia et al., 2017).

*Alert, M. D., Saab, P. G., Llabre, M. M., & McCalla, J. R. (2019). Are self-efficacy and weight perception associated with physical activity and sedentary behavior in Hispanic adolescents? Health Education & Behavior, 46(1), 53–62. https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198118788599

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Data availability statement

Raw data and outputs of all analyses are available at https://osf.io/jtv6b/.