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1Department of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, San Diego State University, CA 92182-7251, USA. dkahan@mail.sdsu.edu
Abstract:
Few studies of religiosity and physical activity (PA) correlates have been conducted; thus, a cross-sectional survey of 367 more and less religious Jewish adolescents' (M age = 12.8 years, SD = 0.9) perceptions of parental and environmental support of PA was conducted at religious day schools in two large American cities. Maternal Support, Environmental Support, and Paternal Non-Support factors were verified through confirmatory factor analysis. Factor scores were analyzed through a 2 x 2 (gender x religiosity level) multivariate analysis of variance. A significant main effect for religiosity was obtained (F = 6.93, p < .001); however, a main effect for gender and an interaction effect were not. Post hoc discriminant analysis revealed Paternal Non-Support and Environmental Support factors as differentiating more and less religious adolescents.
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