Effects of a 12-week physical activity protocol delivered by ymca after-school counselors (youth fit for life) on fitness and self-efficacy changes in 5–12-year-old boys and girls

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 468-476

  Annesi, James J ^a   Westcott, Wayne L ^b   Faigenbaum, Avery D ^c   Unruh, Jennifer L ^a  

^a YMCA OF METROPOLITAN ATLANTA   (United States)

^b South Shore YMCA   (United States)

^c The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Exercise; Health; Physical education

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; ENDURANCE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 29744443286     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2005.10599320     Document Type: Article

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