Sex moderates associations between perceptions of the physical and social environments and physical activity in youth

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 132-135

  Moore, Justin B ^a   Beets, Michael W ^a   Kaczynski, Andrew T ^a   Besenyi, Gina M ^a   Morris, Sara F ^b   Kolbe, Mary Bea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Section of Public Health Nursing   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Child; Environment; Health focus: physical activity; Motor activity; Outcome measure: behavioral; Prevention research. manuscript format: Applied research brief; Research purpose: descriptive; Setting: state; Strategy: built environment; Study design: nonexperimental; Target population age: youth; Target population circumstances: geographic location

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84910049466     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: 21686602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.121023-ARB-516     Document Type: Article

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