Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2013
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2013.799479
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.
Copyright Statement
This is an author's accepted manuscript of an article published in Journal of American College Health, July 2013,© Taylor and Francis, available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2013.799479.
Publication Information
Ransdell, Lynda B.; Mason, Susan G.; Wuerzer, Thomas; and Leung, Ka Man. (2013). "Predictors of Cycling in College Students". Journal of American College Health, 61(5), 274-284.