Getting girls active
Most girls are less active than boys from childhood to adolescence. Creative and concerted efforts are needed to directly address this gender gap. This research shows that peers, parents, active…
Friends and physical activity during the transition from primary to secondary school
Purpose: The study's purpose was to examine whether friendship factors predict discretionary physical activity after the transition to secondary school. Methods: Data represent a secondary analysis of the Personal and…
School-based friendship networks and children's physical activity
Despite the known health benefits, the majority of children do not meet physical activity guidelines, with past interventions to increase physical activity yielding little success. Social and friendship networks have…
"Get off the sofa and go and play"
Background: Physical activity declines as children approach puberty. Research has focussed on psychosocial, environmental, and demographic determinants. This paper explores how family and socioeconomic factors are related to children's physical…
Physical activity and sedentary behaviour typologies of 10-11 year olds
Background: Targeted interventions may be more effective at increasing children's physical activity. The aim of this study was to identify clusters of children based on physical activity and sedentary patterns…
Development of scales to assess children's perceptions of friend and parental influences on physical activity
Many children do not meet physical activity guidelines. Parents and friends are likely to influence children's physical activity but there is a shortage of measures that are able to capture…
Cross-cultural, age and gender validation of a computerised questionnaire measuring personal, social and environmental associations with children's physical activity
This study investigated the construct validity of a computerised self-assessment tool to measure psychological, social and environmental influences of young peoples' physical activity. First, analyses of the measure's factorial validity,…