TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - To move or not to move while on campus: examining the influence of others
JO  - Journal of American college health
A1  - Anderson, Karly J.
A1  - Spink, Kevin S.
A1  - Bhargava, Sahya
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To examine the influence of dynamic and trending descriptive norms on increasing physical activity and decreasing the sedentary behaviors of university students while on campus. PARTICIPANTS: One-hundred fifty-six university students from a Canadian university completed this study. <br><br>METHODS: Participants were randomly assigned to receive one of four online messages containing normative information about the on-campus behavior of university students. On-campus physical activity and sedentary behavior were measured pre- and post-message. <br><br>RESULTS: The results revealed that students exposed to the trending norm reported a greater decrease in sedentary behavior than students in the control condition, p = .007. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Results provide preliminary experimental evidence that trending norm messages may serve to decrease the sedentary behavior of students while on campus.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0744-8481
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2058880
ID  - ref1
ER  -