Development of a questionnaire assessing school physical activity environment

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-107

  Robertson Wilson, Jennifer ^a   Lévesque, Lucie ^b   Holden, Ronald R ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Perceptions; Questionnaire; School environment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE ASSESSING SCHOOL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ENVIRONMENT; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT;

EID: 34250014457     PISSN: 1091367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10913670701294088     Document Type: Article

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