"If there wasn't the technology then I would probably be out everyday": A qualitative study of children's strategies to reduce their screen viewing

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 303-308

  Sebire, Simon J ^a   Jago, Russell ^a   Gorely, Trish ^b   Hoyos Cillero, Itziar ^c   Biddle, Stuart J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Focus groups; Physical activity; Screen viewing; Sedentary lifestyle

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECREATION; REWARD; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREEN VIEWING; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF CONCEPT; TIME MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPUTERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOLS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 80955144172     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.08.019     Document Type: Article

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