Measuring the physical activity practices used by parents of preschool children

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2369-2377

  Vaughn, Amber E ^a   Hales, Derek ^a,b   Ward, Dianne S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Home Environment; Physical Activity; Psychometric Properties; Scale Development; Screen Time; Sedentary Time

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; UNITED STATES;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORTH CAROLINA; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 84888206123     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31829d27de     Document Type: Article

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