The Role of Media Consumption on Physical Activity Based on Health Pattern in Iranian Students by Pender's Model

This study investigated the role of media consumption on physical activity based on health pattern in Iranian.The method of this research was descriptive correlation with Structural Equation Method.

The statistical population of this study consisted of all students aged 11-19 years in the whole country that 384 students were selected as statistical sample by cluster random sampling method. Two media consumption and physical activity based on health pattern Pender Were used to collect the research data. The formal and content validity of the questionnaires were confirmed and their reliability was obtained using Cronbach's alpha method 0.934 and 0.834, respectively. For data analyzing by SPSS software and Amos software of Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling were used.

The results showed that media consumption had a positive and significant effect (P = 0.001) on Physical Activity behaviour (Beta = 0.82), Exercise Benefits (Beta = 0.80) and Exercise self-efficacy (Beta= 0.74) and Exercise Barriers (Beta=- 0.61).

Therefore, it can be said that media consumption improves the level of physical activity based on students' health patterns. So, it is recommended that the media, especially sports media, pay special attention to children in their programs.
Keywords: Media consumption, physical activity based on health pattern, Students, Iran
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Gholam Reza Anari , Hamid Ghasmi * , Abollfazl Farahani
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This study investigated the role of media consumption on physical activity based on health pattern in Iranian.The method of this research was descriptive correlation with Structural Equation Method.

The statistical population of this study consisted of all students aged 11-19 years in the whole country that 384 students were selected as statistical sample by cluster random sampling method. Two media consumption and physical activity based on health pattern Pender Were used to collect the research data. The formal and content validity of the questionnaires were confirmed and their reliability was obtained using Cronbach's alpha method 0.934 and 0.834, respectively. For data analyzing by SPSS software and Amos software of Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling were used.

The results showed that media consumption had a positive and significant effect (P = 0.001) on Physical Activity behaviour (Beta = 0.82), Exercise Benefits (Beta = 0.80) and Exercise self-efficacy (Beta= 0.74) and Exercise Barriers (Beta=- 0.61).

Therefore, it can be said that media consumption improves the level of physical activity based on students' health patterns. So, it is recommended that the media, especially sports media, pay special attention to children in their programs