What are the barriers which discourage 15-16 year-old girls from participating in team sports and how can we overcome them?

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wetton, Abigail R ^a   Radley, Rebecca ^a   Jones, Angela R ^b   Pearce, Mark S ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; LEISURE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RISK REDUCTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; STEREOTYPY; SUMMER; TEACHER; TEAM SPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPORTS;

EID: 84884263402     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/738705     Document Type: Article

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