Gender comparisons of perceived benefits of and barriers to physical activity in middle school youth

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-176

  Robbins, Lorraine B ^a   Sikorskii, Alla ^a   Hamel, Lauren M ^a   Wu, Tsu Yin ^b   Wilbur, JoEllen ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Exercise barriers; Exercise benefits; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL NURSING; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS;

EID: 63049137574     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20311     Document Type: Article

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