examination of the relationship between school bonding and physical activity among Ontario students
Subtitle: findings from a provincial survey.
Published: 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 101
Description: This thesis evaluated the relationship between school bonding and vigorous physical activity among Ontario adolescents. The study was a secondary data analysis of the 2001 Ontario Student Drug Use Survey. The study sample consisted of 2049 students between the ages of 12 and 19 who attended regular public or Catholic schools in Ontario. Sequential multiple linear regression, pearson correlations, and Student t-tests were used to evaluate the relationships.On average, students were vigorously physically active for 20 minutes or more on 3.52 days per week. Vigorous physical activity was positively and significantly associated with school attachment, school commitment, and school involvement. School involvement was a significant positive predictor of vigorous physical activity. The effect of school attachment on physical activity differed by socio-economic status, and the effect of school commitment differed by sex. Given these relationships, school bonding may be considered by the Ontario school system in order to promote physical activity among students.
Notes: Adviser:  Ken Allison.

Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Toronto, 2004.

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Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 43-03, page: 0838.

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