The effect of peer influence on the amount of physical activity performed in 8- to 12-year-old boys

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-60

  Rittenhouse, Melissa ^a   Salvy, Sarah Jeanne ^b   Barkley, Jacob E ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

ACCELERATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 79952475448     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: 15432920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.23.1.49     Document Type: Article

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