The distribution of physical activity in an after-school friendship network

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1064-1071

  Gesell, Sabina B ^a   Tesdahl, Eric ^b   Ruchman, Eileen ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Causality; Child; Friendships; Humans; Longitudinal studies; Medical; Obesity; Peer effects; Physical activity; Selection; Social behavior; Social influence; Social networks; Social support; Sociology; Stochastic actor based modeling

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 84861918303     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-2567     Document Type: Article

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