@article {Voorhees:2005:1087-3244:183,
title = "The Role of Peer Social Network Factors and Physical Activity in Adolescent Girls",
journal = "American Journal of Health Behavior",
parent_itemid = "infobike://png/ajhb",
publishercode ="png",
year = "2005",
volume = "29",
number = "2",
publication date ="2005-03-01T00:00:00",
pages = "183-190",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1087-3244",
eissn = "1945-7359",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/png/ajhb/2005/00000029/00000002/art00009",
doi = "doi:10.5993/AJHB.29.2.9",
keyword = "adolescents, girls, social support, physical activity, Social networks",
author = "Voorhees, Carolyn C. and Murray, David and Welk, Greg and Birnbaum, Amanda and Ribisl, Kurt M. and Johnson, Carolyn C. and Pfeiffer, Karin Allor and Saksvig, Brit and Jobe, Jared B.",
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.",
}