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    • Social relationships are crucial determinants of health outcomes.
    • Social integration, defined as embeddedness in social networks, is linked to physical activity in cross-sectional and short-term studies.
    • Long-term impacts of changes in social integration on physical activity remain unclear.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the long-term relationship between changes in social integration and physical activity.
    • To analyze trajectories of social integration and physical activity over a 25-year period.
    • To determine if changes in social integration predict subsequent changes in physical activity.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized longitudinal data from 5 waves of the Americans' Changing Lives study (N=3617 at Wave 1, N=1427 at Wave 5).
    • Employed latent growth curve modeling to analyze separate trajectories of social integration and physical activity.
    • Applied latent interlocking growth curve methods to examine the predictive relationship between changes in social integration and physical activity.

    Main Results:

    • Physical activity levels remained stable over the 25-year study period (P=.68).
    • Social integration showed a significant decrease over the 25 years (P=.025).
    • Changes in social integration significantly predicted changes in physical activity (β=0.12, P<.05).

    Conclusions:

    • Decreases in social integration over 25 years were associated with changes in physical activity.
    • Interventions and research focusing on social networks and group-based physical activity are recommended.
    • Understanding the dynamic interplay between social connection and physical activity is vital for public health.