Active and passive commuting to school: Influences on affect in primary school children

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 525-534

  Hulley, Angela ^a   Bentley, Nick ^a   Clough, Catherine ^a   Fishlock, Adelle ^a   Morrell, Frances ^a   O'Brien, James ^a   Radmore, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children's feeling scale; Children's felt arousal scale; Exercise; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING; WEATHER;

AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; WALKING; WEATHER;

EID: 58149352584     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2008.10599519     Document Type: Article

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