Age, Physical Activity Motivation and Perceived Stress in Minority Girls.
Amber R Cordola HsuSelena T Nguyen-RodriguezDonna Spruijt-MetzPublished in: Californian journal of health promotion (2019)
While motivation to engage in physical activity may increase with age, perceived stress may dampen this motivation, resulting in decreased physical activity. Interventions to help increase pre-adolescent girls' engagement in active behaviors may benefit from reducing children's perceptions of stress.