Comparing self-reported leisure-time physical activity, subjective health, and life satisfaction among youth soccer players and adolescents in a reference sample

International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 328-340

  Wold, Bente ^a   Duda, Joan L ^b   Balaguer, Isabel ^c   Smith, Otto Robert Frans ^a   Ommundsen, Yngvar ^d   Hall, Howard K ^e   Samdal, Oddrun ^a   Heuzé, Jean Philippe ^f   Haug, Ellen ^a   Bracey, Samantha ^b   Castillo, Isabel ^c   Ramis, Yago ^g   Quested, Eleanor ^b   Krommidas, Charalampos ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^g UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

leisure time physical activity; life satisfaction; self rated health; youth soccer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887107295     PISSN: 1612197X     EISSN: 1557251X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1612197X.2013.830433     Document Type: Article

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