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Table 2 Bivariate correlations of home-environmental and psychosocial factors with sedentary behaviors

From: Socio-demographic, psychosocial and home-environmental attributes associated with adults' domestic screen time

Variable

r TV viewing

r Internet use

Home-environmental factors (mean [SD])

  

   Number of TVs

0.15***

 

   Size of largest TV seta

0.13**

 

   Number of computers

 

0.18***

Psychosocial factors (mean [SD])

  

   Pros reducing TV viewing (sum of different items)b

-0.31***

 

I think watching TV is boring

-0.29***

 

Watching TV takes time away from doing other more important things

-0.13**

 

I would feel lazy and sluggish if I watched TV for many hours

-0.35***

 

Watching TV sometimes hurts my eyes and gives me a headache

0.02

 

   Cons reducing TV viewing (sum of different items)b

0.47***

 

I enjoy watching TV for many hours at a time

0.54***

 

Watching TV is my way to escape from the world

0.22***

 

Watching TV is one of my favorite types of entertainment

0.36***

 

I find sitting and watching TV very relaxing

0.30***

 

   Family social norm TV viewingb

  

My family members think I spend too much time watching TV

0.34***

 

   Friends social norm TV viewingb

  

My friends think I spend too much time watching TV

0.35***

 

   Self-efficacy reducing TV viewing (sum of different items)c

-0.49***

 

Turn off the TV even when there is a program on I enjoy

-0.24**

 

Limit my TV time to one hour a day

-0.65***

 

Leave the room where the TV is on even if others are watching TV

-0.28**

 

Plan ahead of time what TV shows I will watch during the week

-0.25**

 

   Pros reducing Internet use (sum of different items)b

 

-0.16**

I think using the Internet is boring

 

-0.39***

Using the Internet takes time away from doing other more important things

 

0.09

I would feel lazy and sluggish if I used the Internet for many hours

 

-0.19***

Using the Internet sometimes hurts my eyes and gives me a headache

 

-0.13*

   Cons reducing Internet use (sum of different items)b

 

-0.31***

I enjoy using the Internet for many hours at a time

 

0.51***

The Internet is my way to escape from the world

 

0.30***

Using the Internet is one of my favorite forms of entertainment

 

0.49***

I find sitting and using Internet very relaxing

 

0.43***

   Family social norm Internet useb

  

My family members think that I spend too much time using the Internet

 

0.40***

   Friends social norm Internet useb

  

My friends think that I spend too much time using the Internet

 

0.26***

   Self-efficacy reducing Internet use (sum of different items)c

 

-0.47***

Turn off the computer even when I am doing something funny

 

-0.30***

Limit my leisure-time Internet use to one hour a day

 

-0.54***

Plan ahead of time how much time I will spend on leisure-time Internet use daily

 

-0.51***

  1. a Size of the largest TV was positively scored on a five-point scale (1-5), ranging from 39 cm to 139 cm
  2. b pros, cons, family social norm and friends social norm were positively scores on a five-point scale (1-5), ranging from 'strongly disagree' to 'strongly agree'
  3. c self-efficacy was positively scored on a five-point scale (1-5), ranging from 'I think this is very difficult' to 'I do not think this is difficult at all'
  4. r = Pearson correlation coefficient
  5. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
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BMC Public Health

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