Associations Between Family Support, Family Intimacy, and Neighborhood Violence and Physical Activity in Urban Adolescent Girls

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ID11017451
AuthorsJoAnn Kuo (JoAnn Kuo and Deborah Rohm Young are with the Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland, College Park. Carolyn C. Voorhees is with the Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park. Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite is with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Md.), Carolyn C Voorhees (JoAnn Kuo and Deborah Rohm Young are with the Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland, College Park. Carolyn C. Voorhees is with the Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park. Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite is with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Md.), Jennifer A Haythornthwaite (0000-0002-5924-7580, JoAnn Kuo and Deborah Rohm Young are with the Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland, College Park. Carolyn C. Voorhees is with the Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park. Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite is with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Md.), Deborah Rohm Young (0000-0002-8335-7851, JoAnn Kuo and Deborah Rohm Young are with the Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland, College Park. Carolyn C. Voorhees is with the Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park. Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite is with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Md.)
Year2007
Volume97
Issue1
Pages101-103
Publication date2007-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2005.072348
PMID17138926
PMCIDPMC1716242
OpenAlexW2132294143
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited13

We examined the association between various dimensions of the family environment, including family intimacy and involvement in activities, family support for physical activity, and neighborhood violence (perceived and objective) and physical activity among urban, predominantly African American, ninth-grade girls in Balti-more, Md. Greater family intimacy (P = .05) and support (P = .01), but not neighborhood violence, was associated with physical activity. Family factors, including family intimacy and support, are potential targets in physical activity interventions for urban high-school girls

Association (psychology) · Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Family support · Injury prevention · Physical activity · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Demography · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Physical Activity and Health · Psychology · Urban Transport and Accessibility · Gerontology