Title

The Role of Peer Social Network Factors and Physical Activity in Adolescent Girls

Authors

Carolyn C. Voorhees, University of Maryland at College ParkFollow
David Murray, University of MemphisFollow
Greg Welk, Iowa State UniversityFollow
Amanda BirnbaumFollow
Kurt M. Ribisi, University of North Carolina
Carolyn C. Johnson, Tulane University
Karin Allor Pfeiffer, University of South Carolina
Brit Saksvig, University of Maryland at Baltimore
Jared B. Jobe, Behavioral Medicine Scientific Research GroupFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 3-2005

Journal / Book Title

American Journal of Health Behavior

Abstract

Objective: To study the relationship between peer-related physical activity (PA) social networks and the PA of adolescent girls.

Methods: Cross-sectional, convenience sample of adolescent girls. Mixed-model linear regression analyses to identify significant correlates of self-reported PA while accounting for correlation of girls in the same school.

Results: Younger girls were more active than older girls. Most activity-related peer social network items were related to PA levels. More PA with friends was significantly related to self-reported PA in multivariate analyses.

Conclusions: Frequency of PA with friends was an important correlate of PA among the peer network variables for adolescent girls.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.29.2.9

MSU Digital Commons Citation

Voorhees, Carolyn C.; Murray, David; Welk, Greg; Birnbaum, Amanda; Ribisi, Kurt M.; Johnson, Carolyn C.; Allor Pfeiffer, Karin; Saksvig, Brit; and Jobe, Jared B., "The Role of Peer Social Network Factors and Physical Activity in Adolescent Girls" (2005). Department of Public Health Scholarship and Creative Works. 93.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/public-health-facpubs/93

Published Citation

Voorhees, Carolyn C., David Murray, Greg Welk, Amanda Birnbaum, Kurt M. Ribisl, Carolyn C. Johnson, Karin Allor Pfeiffer, Brit Saksvig, and Jared B. Jobe. "The role of peer social network factors and physical activity in adolescent girls." American journal of health behavior 29, no. 2 (2005): 183-190.