Predictors of cycling in college students

Lynda B. Ransdell, Susan G. Mason, Thomas Wuerzer, Ka Man Leung

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    Abstract

    Objectives: To (1) assess cycling-related questions that have been added to the electronic version of the American College Health Association National College Health Assessment II (ACHA-NCHA), (2) examine cycling prevalence, and (3) identify predictors of cycling in college students. 

    Participants: Predominately female (69%), undergraduate (89%), and white (85%) students (N = 949) from a large, urban, northwestern, bicycle-friendly university completed the electronic version of the ACHA-NCHA II. 

    Methods: Thirty cycling-related questions were added to the ACHA-NCHA II and a subsample of questions was analyzed. Results: Cycling questions added to the ACHA-NCHA II scale were reliable and valid, based on the psychometric data analysis. More than half (59%) of this sample cycled; of those, 58% cycled for transportation and 44% for recreation. Facilitators and barriers to cycling were different for cycling in general and cycling for transportation. 

    Conclusions: Cycling questions added to the ACHA-NCHA II can be utilized to enhance knowledge relative to cycling on college campuses.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)274-284
    Number of pages11
    JournalJournal of American College Health
    Volume61
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jul 2013

    Scopus Subject Areas

    • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

    User-Defined Keywords

    • active transportation
    • bicycling
    • community health
    • health education
    • recreation

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