title: Jewish day-schooled adolescents' perceptions of parental and environmental support of physical activity.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, San Diego State University, CA 92182-7251, USA. dkahan@mail.sdsu.edu
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kahan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007585:Jews / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008019:Life Style / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010287:Parent-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D012067:Religion; D012574:Schools / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012737:Sex Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D012938:Social Perception