Physical Activity: What Do High School Students Think?

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 328-336

  Hohepa, Maea ^a   Schofield, Grant ^a   Kolt, Gregory S ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Barriers; Benefits; Perceptions; Physical activity; Strategies; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PEER GROUP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 33747129497     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.12.024     Document Type: Article

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