Exploring associations between parental and peer variables, personal variables and physical activity among adolescents: A mediation analysis

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Verloigne, Maïté ^a   Veitch, Jenny ^b   Carver, Alison ^b   Salmon, Jo ^b   Cardon, Greet ^a   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a   Timperio, Anna ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Adolescent; Barriers; Parents; Peers; Physical activity; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NEGOTIATING; PARENTING; PARENTS; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 84908459456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-966     Document Type: Article

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