Exploring links to unorganized and organized physical activity during adolescence: The role of gender, socioeconomic status, weight status, and enjoyment of physical education

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-16

  Bengoechea, Enrique García ^a   Sabiston, Catherine M ^a   Ahmed, Rashid ^b   Farnoush, Michelle ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Physical activity promotion; School; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77950131581     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2010.10599623     Document Type: Article

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