This study examined the extent to which youth at Grades 3, 6, 9, and 12 believed that frequent physical activity resulted in various physical and psychological outcomes. Youth at all four ages believed that frequent activity resulted in beneficial physical outcomes. Younger respondents were more likely to affirm external physical outcomes than either internal physiological or psychological outc...

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