Listening to Girls and Boys Talk About Girls’ Physical Activity Behaviors

Do Motives to Undertake Physical Activity Relate to Physical Activity in Adolescent Boys and Girls?

Low levels of physical activity (PA) during adolescence contribute to obesity and poor health outcomes in adolescence, and these associations endure into adulthood. The aim of this study was to assess the associations between motives for PA and the level of PA among adolescent boys and girls. We obtained data regarding motives for PA and frequency of PA in 2010 via the Health Behavior in School...

Participation in Boys & Girls Clubs, vulnerability, and problem behaviors

Muscle-enhancing behaviors among adolescent girls and boys.

OBJECTIVE Media images of men and women have become increasingly muscular, and muscle-enhancing techniques are available to youth. Identifying populations at risk for unhealthy muscle-enhancingbehaviors is of considerable public health importance. The current study uses a large and diverse population-based sample of adolescents to examine the prevalence of muscle-enhancing behaviors and differe...

Using Ecological Approach to Prediction Girls` Physical Activity

In this correlational study, physical activity of girls’ has been predicted using ecological approach. For this purpose, 374 girls aged 10-12 years selected and completed Self-report questionnaire and physical activity children with reminders 7 days (PAQ-C), Perceived physical competence questionnaire (PPFS), Perceived School Climate Questionnaire for physical activity (Am & et al,2005) and Soc...

“In the eye of the beholder ...”: Girls’, boys’ and teachers’ perceptions of boys’ aggression to girls

Because children and young teenagers usually associate in same-sex groups, psychological research concerned with adolescent aggression has often concentrated on within-sex relationships. However, during adolescence, boys and girls increasingly interact socially. This paper reports a study of boy-to-girl aggression as perceived by girls, boys and their teachers. Focus group discussions were cond...