Reducing youth screen time: Qualitative metasynthesis of findings on barriers and facilitators

Health Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 381-397

  Minges, Karl E ^a   Owen, Neville ^b,c   Salmon, Jo ^d   Chao, Ariana ^a   Dunstan, David W ^b,e   Whittemore, Robin ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Qualitative; Review; Sedentary behavior; Television time; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNITY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FAMILY; GROUNDED THEORY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TELEVISION; VIDEO GAME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TELEVISION; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84926313898     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000172     Document Type: Article

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