Open AccessA Qualitative Exploration of the “Critical Window”: Factors Affecting Australian Children’s After-School Physical Activity
Author(s) -
Rebecca M. Stanley,
Kobie Boshoff,
James Dollman
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of physical activity and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.787
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1543-5474
pISSN - 1543-3080
DOI - 10.1123/jpah.10.1.33
Subject(s) - thematic analysis , psychology , focus group , competence (human resources) , developmental psychology , perception , physical activity , qualitative research , applied psychology , social psychology , medicine , social science , marketing , neuroscience , sociology , business , physical medicine and rehabilitation
The after-school period is potentially a "critical window" for promoting physical activity in children. The purpose of this study was to qualitatively explore children's perceptions of the factors influencing their engagement in physical activity during the after-school period as the first phase in the development of a questionnaire.
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