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. 2008 Aug 8;5:40. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-5-40

Table 1.

Physical Activity Sample: Means, Standard Deviations, and Bivariate Correlations (N = 250)

Variable Sample M SD 1 2 3 4
1. Childhood Locomotor
Skill (possible range 0–15)

Overall 8.18 3.05 _
Male 7.66 3.20 _
Female 8.65 2.83 _
2. Childhood Object
Control Skill (possible
range 0–15)


Overall 9.54 3.20 0.22** _
Male 11.36 2.67 0.36** _
Female 7.88 2.71 0.38** _
3. Adolescent Perceived
Sports Competence
(possible range 6–24)


Overall 16.97 3.48 0.12 0.34** _
Male 17.91 3.21 0.06 0.17 _
Female 16.11 3.51 0.26** 0.31** _
4. Adolescent Time in
Physical Activity
(minutes per week)


Overall 829.86 553.53 -0.08 0.28** 0.36** _
Male 988.9 601.42 -0.02 0.22* 0.25** _
Female 685.4 463.99 0.10 0.11 0.37** _

** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)

* Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)