Assessing children's physical activity in their homes: The observational system for recording physical activity in children-home

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-16

  McIver, Kerry L ^a   Brown, William H ^b   Pfeiffer, Karin A ^c   Dowda, Marsha ^b   Pate, Russell R ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct observation; Home environment; Physical activity; Physical environment; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOFTWARE;

EID: 70449700390     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-1     Document Type: Article

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