"Uncool to do sport": A focus group study of adolescent girls' reasons for withdrawing from physical activity

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 619-626

  Slater, Amy ^a   Tiggemann, Marika ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Femininity; Focus groups; Girls; Participation; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956445323     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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