TY - JOUR TI - Sedentary Behaviour in Swiss Children and Adolescents: Disentangling Associations with the Perceived and Objectively Measured Environment AU - Bringolf-Isler, Bettina AU - de Hoogh, Kees AU - Schindler, Christian AU - Kayser, Bengt AU - Suggs, L. Suzanne AU - Dössegger, Alain AU - Probst-Hensch, Nicole AU - SOPHYA Study Group T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health AB - Identifying correlates of sedentary behaviour across all levels of the ecological model and understanding their interrelations is a promising method to plan effective interventions. The present study examined whether the objectively assessed and the perceived neighbourhood are associated with children’s sedentary behaviour time (SBT). A comprehensive set of factors at different levels of influence across the ecological model were taken into account and analysed for mediating and modifying effects. Analyses were based on 1306 children and adolescents (6⁻16 years) participating in the population-based SOPHYA-study. Accelerometers were used to assess SBT, the perceived environment was examined by a validated parental questionnaire, and objective environmental data were allocated using GIS (ArcMap 10.2, Esri, Redlands, CA, USA) for each family’s residential address. A high perceived safety was associated with less SBT. Boys, those whose residential neighbourhood was characterized by dead ends in urban areas, a low main street density in the neighbourhood of children and greenness were less likely to exhibit SBT. The association of the objective environment with the respective parental perceptions was low and no significant mediating effect was found for the perceived environment. We conclude for land-use planning to reduce sedentary behaviour objective environments should be complemented with efforts to increase parental sense of security. DA - 2018//05/04 PY - 2018 DO - 10.3390/ijerph15050918 DP - PubMed VL - 15 IS - 5 J2 - Int J Environ Res Public Health LA - eng SN - 1660-4601 ST - Sedentary Behaviour in Swiss Children and Adolescents KW - Adolescent KW - Child KW - Child Behavior KW - Cross-Sectional Studies KW - Environment Design KW - Exercise KW - Female KW - GIS KW - Health Behavior KW - Health Surveys KW - Humans KW - Male KW - Recreation KW - Residence Characteristics KW - Sedentary Behavior KW - Surveys and Questionnaires KW - Switzerland KW - accelerometer KW - adolescents KW - children KW - home environment KW - neighbourhood KW - objective environment KW - perceived environment KW - public health KW - sedentary behaviour KW - social environment KW - urbanicity KW - walkability ER -