TY - JOUR PY - 2007// TI - Associations Between Family Support, Family Intimacy, and Neighborhood Violence and Physical Activity in Urban Adolescent Girls JO - American journal of public health A1 - Kuo, JoAnn A1 - Voorhees, Carolyn C. A1 - Haythornthwaite, Jennifer A. A1 - Rohm Young, D SP - 101 EP - 103 VL - 97 IS - 1 N2 - 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, ninthgrade girls in Baltimore, 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.

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LA - en SN - 0090-0036 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2005.072348 ID - ref1 ER -