Measuring parental support for children's physical activity in white and African American parents: The Activity Support Scale for Multiple Groups (ACTS-MG)

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-43

  Davison, Kirsten K ^a   Li, Kaigang ^a   Baskin, Monica L ^b   Cox, Tiffany ^c   Affuso, Olivia ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Parenting; Scale development; Social support; Youth

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY SUPPORT SCALE FOR MULTIPLE GROUPS; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; NEW YORK; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS;

EID: 78650545397     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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