Mental Health and Family Functioning as Correlates of a Sedentary Lifestyle Among Low-Income Women with Young Children

Women and Health

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 606-619

  Li, Kaigang ^a   Davison, Kirsten K ^b   Jurkowski, Janine M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; leisure time physical activity; low income women; stress; television viewing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NEW YORK; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELEVISION;

EID: 84864689999     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2012.705243     Document Type: Article

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