What Matters When Children Play: Influence of Social Cognitive Theory and Perceived Environment on Levels of Physical Activity Among Elementary-Aged Youth.

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Published in Psychol Sport Exerc on May 01, 2014

Authors

Brook E Harmon1, Claudio R Nigg2, Camonia Long1, Katie Amato2, Mahabub-Ul Anwar2, Eve Kutchman3, Peter Anthamatten4, Raymond C Browning5, Lois Brink3, James O Hill6

Author Affiliations

1: University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Cancer Epidemiology Program, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA bharmon@cc.hawaii.edu , clong@hawaii.edu.
2: University of Hawaii, Office of Public Health Studies, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA cnigg@hawaii.edu , kamato@hawaii.edu , manwar@hawaii.edu.
3: University of Colorado Denver, College of Architecture and Planning, Denver, CO, 80202, USA eve.kutchman@ucdenver.edu , lois.brink@ucdenver.edu.
4: University of Colorado Denver, Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Denver, CO, 80202, USA peter.anthamatten@ucdenver.edu.
5: Colorado State University, College of Health and Human Sciences, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA ray.browning@ColoState.edu.
6: University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, Anschutz Health and Wellness Center, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA james.hill@ucdenver.edu.

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