Association between Social and Environmental Factors and Physical Activity Opportunities in Middle Schools

Autor/inn/en	Xu, Furong; Chepyator-Thomson, Jepkorir; Liu, Wenhao; Schmidlein, Robert
Titel	Association between Social and Environmental Factors and Physical Activity Opportunities in Middle Schools
Quelle	In: European Physical Education Review, 16 (2010) 2, S.183-194 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1356-336X
DOI	10.1177/1356336X10381308
Schlagwörter	Physical Education; Middle Schools; Physical Activities; Physical Activity Level; Family Programs; Physical Education Teachers; Middle School Teachers; School Location; Social Influences; Environmental Influences; Correlation; Educational Environment; Intervention; Teacher Attitudes; Questionnaires; Public Schools; Family Influence; School Policy; School Personnel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Family program; Familienprogramm; Physical education; Physical training; Teacher; Teachers; Sportlehrer; Middle schools; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Schulgelände; Sozialer Einfluss; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Korrelation; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Lehrerverhalten; Fragebogen; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Schulpolitik; Schulpersonal
Abstract	School-based physical activity (PA) interventions impact children's PA involvement and thus opportunities and associated factors for the promotion of physical activity in children need to be examined. The purpose of this study was to examine physical education teachers' perceptions of PA opportunities available to students at the middle school level and indicate associated factors that might influence these opportunities. A questionnaire survey was administered to 292 public middle school teachers in 181 schools located in the southeastern region of the United States. The results of the study indicate the need for more PA opportunities for middle school children in order for them meeting the recommended daily PA involvement of 60 minutes. In addition, there were statistically significant associations between PA opportunities and facilities availability, school location, and family support, indicating that some social and environmental factors tend to impact students' PA opportunities. (Contains 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10