Engaging adolescent girls from linguistically diverse and low income backgrounds in school sport: A pilot randomised controlled trial

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-224

  Dudley, Dean A ^a,b   Okely, Anthony D ^b   Pearson, Philip ^b   Peat, Jennifer ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enjoyment; Intervention studies; Physical activity; Pilot project; Self perception; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPORT; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MULTILINGUALISM; NEW SOUTH WALES; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPORTS;

EID: 77049127546     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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