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The mediating role of physical self-concept on relations between biological maturity status and physical activity in adolescent females

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posted on 2016-09-26, 08:34 authored by Sean P. Cumming, Martyn Standage, Thomas Loney, Catherine Gammon, Helen Neville, Lauren SherarLauren Sherar, Robert M. Malina
The current study examined the mediating role of physical self-concept on relations between biological maturity status and self-reported physical activity in adolescent British females. Biological maturity status, physical self-concept and physical activity were assessed in 407 female British year 7-9 pupils (M age = 13.2 years, SD = 1.0). Participants completed the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Adolescents (Kowalski, Crocker, & Donen, 2004) and the Children and Youth Physical Self-Perceptions Profile (Whitehead, 1995). Percentage of predicted adult height attained at measurement was used as an estimate of biological maturity status. Structural equation modelling using maximum likelihood estimation and bootstrapping procedures revealed that perceptions of sports competence, body attractiveness and physical self-worth mediated an inverse relation between maturity status and physical activity. The results provide partial support for Petersen and Taylor's (1980) Mediated Effects Model of Psychological and Behavioural Adaptation to Puberty within the context of physical activity.

Funding

This research was supported by Grant #SG-46063 from The British Academy, entitled ‘Relations Between Biological Maturation, Exercise Behavior, and Psychological Health in British Adolescents’.

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  • Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Published in

Journal of Adolescence

Volume

34

Issue

3

Pages

465 - 473

Citation

CUMMING, S. ... et al., 2011. The mediating role of physical self-concept on relations between biological maturity status and physical activity in adolescent females. Journal of Adolescence, 34 (3), pp.465-473.

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© Elsevier

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

2011

ISSN

0140-1971

eISSN

1095-9254

Language

  • en

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