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Gender Differences In Participation Of Physical Activities: A Comprehensive Model Approach, Kay Gordon Daigle
Gender Differences In Participation Of Physical Activities: A Comprehensive Model Approach, Kay Gordon Daigle
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The purpose of this study was to examine the interrelationships among gender, perceptions of peer, parent, and teacher support, perceived value and meaningfulness, perceived competence, and the intention to be physically active within a proposed model. Female and male students (N=801) enrolled in a traditional multi-activity physical education class responded to a 52-item questionnaire addressing the constructs in the model. Structural equation modeling, using LISREL, was used to identify the relationships among the constructs. Gender differences emerged in this model through direct paths as well as indirect paths among these variables. Girls were more influenced than boys by their perceptions …