Structured physical activity and psychosocial correlates in middle-school girls

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 404-409

  Barr Anderson, Daheia J ^a   Young, Deborah R ^b   Sallis, James F ^c   Neumark Sztainer, Dianne R ^a   Gittelsohn, Joel ^d   Webber, Larry ^e   Saunders, Ruth ^f   Cohen, Stuart ^g   Jobe, Jared B ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Enjoyment of physical education; Female adolescents; Physical activity enjoyment; Race ethnicity; School climate; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASKETBALL; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANCING; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SPORT; SWIMMING;

ADOLESCENT; DATA COLLECTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EFFICACY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247603484     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.02.012     Document Type: Article

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