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Abstract
The present study was designed to examine how changes in an individual factor, hope, are associated with changes in physical activity over the course of a weight-management program for children (i.e., “Positively Fit”). This study consisted of 67 participants measured for height and weight (to determine body mass index [BMI] percentiles), and who completed self-report measures of hope and physical activity pre- and post-intervention. Results indicated that changes in hope were significantly associated with changes in physical activity over the course of treatment. Future research may benefit from examining the relationship between hope and more objective measures of physical activity, but the present study suggests that hope may be an important individual factor in physical activity change.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
This project was funded by grant R40 MC 06631 from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (Title V, Social Security Act), Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Department of Health and Human Services awarded to the second author.