Measurement characteristics of activity-related psychosocial measures in 8- to 10-year-old African-American girls in the Girls health Enrichment Multisite Study (GEMS)

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages 60-68

  Sherwood, Nancy E ^a   Taylor, Wendell C ^b   Treuth, Margarita ^c   Klesges, Lisa M ^d   Baranowski, Tom ^e   Zhou, Ainong ^f   Pratt, Charlotte ^g   McClanahan, Barbara ^h   Robinson, Thomas N ⁱ   Pruitt, Leslie ⁱ   Miller, Wayne ^f  

^a HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity preference; African Americans; Measurement; Physical activity; Psychosocial Variables; Self concept; Self efficacy; Youth

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 11144358554     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2003.12.030     Document Type: Article

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