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Exploring the role of normative beliefs in parental intentions for children’s active school transportation
Department of Health, Education and Technology, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1239-9675
Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0418-9165
Department of Health, Education and Technology, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden.
Department of Health, Education and Technology, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden.
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2026 (English)In: Journal of Health Psychology, ISSN 1359-1053, E-ISSN 1461-7277Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

Active school transportation (AST) can contribute substantially to children's daily physical activity, yet AST has been declining. Social norms may influence parents' decision-making. This study advances the understanding of normative beliefs by including motivation to comply and identification with the referent. The aim was first to describe parents' normative beliefs about letting their child walk or cycle to school and second, to explore how these beliefs were associated with parents' intentions. The descriptive and injunctive norm were moderate to relatively high among parents, whereas motivation to comply, identification with the referent, and the aggregated measures were low. Among these normative beliefs, only the descriptive norm was significantly associated with parents' intentions in the final multivariable model. Interventions should emphasize social approval by making others' behaviors visible, rather than focusing on parents conforming to social pressure.

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active commuting to school; parents; physical activity; social norm; theory of planned behavior.
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-54411DOI: 10.1177/13591053261467559ISI: 001832988500001PubMedID: 42517260Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105046150322OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-54411DiVA, id: diva2:2092830
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