RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Jeffrey, Martin J.
A1 McCaughtry, Nate
A1 Murphy, Ann
A1 Flory, Sara
A1 Wisdom, Kimberlydawn
T1 PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND FITNESS IN SPECIALPOPULATION, MINORITY MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILDREN.
JF European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity
YR 2011
VO 4
IS 1
SP 54
OP 68
DO 10.5507/euj.2011.004
UL https://eujapa.upol.cz/artkey/euj-201101-0004.php
AB Special-population research predicting physical activity (PA) and fitness with minority middle school children from at-risk environments is rare. Hence, the purpose of our investigation was to evaluate the ability of important social cognitive and environment-based measures to predict PA and fitness with children with developmental delay, cognitive, and emotional impairments. Children (N = 89, ages 11-15) completed questionnaires assessing social cognitive and environment-based constructs, self report PA, and completed fitness testing. Correlational results supported some hypotheses. The descriptive and correlational results also indicated commonalities with similar research on non special-population minority middle school children from at-risk environments.