Social network characteristics associated with mid-to-older aged adults’ co-engagement in physical activity

Martin Anderson; Srebrenka Letina; Mark McCann; Jelena Milicev; Grace Dibben; Abi MacDonald; Kirstin Mitchell; Laurence Moore; Jonathan R. Olsen; Victoria J. Palmer; Benjamin P. Rigby; Sharon A. Simpson; Meigan Thomson; Emily Long

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0319981

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Social network characteristics associated with mid-to-older aged adults’ co-engagement in physical activity

Martin Anderson ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: martin.anderson@glasgow.ac.uk

Affiliation MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0958-9942

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Srebrenka Letina,

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Mark McCann,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Jelena Milicev,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Grace Dibben,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7254-5187

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Abi MacDonald,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1016-0780

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Kirstin Mitchell,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Laurence Moore,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Jonathan R. Olsen,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-8615

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Victoria J. Palmer,

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Benjamin P. Rigby,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6997-5194

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Sharon A. Simpson,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Meigan Thomson,

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2171-9159

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Emily Long

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Social network characteristics associated with mid-to-older aged adults’ co-engagement in physical activity

Martin Anderson,
Srebrenka Letina,
Mark McCann,
Jelena Milicev,
Grace Dibben,
Abi MacDonald,
Kirstin Mitchell,
Laurence Moore,
Jonathan R. Olsen,
Victoria J. Palmer

Published: May 7, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0319981

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