Field dependence-independence and physical activity of black and white adolescents.
Self-administered Physical Activity Checklist and portable rod-and-frame test were administered to 47 black and 66 white adolescents in a middle school. One-way multivariate analysis of variance indicated that, relative to the group of white adolescents, the black adolescent group scored significantly more field-dependent and reported significantly fewer minutes of physical activity participation, although no significant difference was noticed on three other physical activity variables. This group of black adolescents' relatively field-dependent scores were weakly associated with fewer mean total minutes of physical activity.
Physical Education Department, Slippery Rock University, 1 Morrow Way, Slippery Rock, PA 16057, USA. wenhao.liu@sru.edu
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D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005364:Field Dependence-Independence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010555:Personality Inventory; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*