Recess physical activity and school-related social factors in Finnish primary and lower secondary schools: Cross-sectional associations

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Haapala, Henna L ^a,b   Hirvensalo, Mirja H ^b   Laine, Kaarlo ^a   Laakso, Lauri ^b   Hakonen, Harto ^a   Kankaanpää, Anna ^a   Lintunen, Taru ^b   Tammelin, Tuija H ^a  

^a LIKES RESEARCH CENTER FOR SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Peer relationships; Physical activity; Recess; Relatedness; School; School climate; Social factors

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL CHANGE; STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PEER GROUP; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CHANGE; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84928802794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1114     Document Type: Article

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