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. 2018 Jun 7;18:702. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5624-1

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the sample in the test (N = 695) and retest (N = 487)

Fourth grade Fifth grade
N % Mean SD N % Mean SD
Sex Boys 334 48.1 233 47.8
Girls 361 51.9 254 52.2
Age 11.0 0.5 11.9 0.5
BMI 17.8 2.5 18.3 2.3
SES 0.25 0.91 0.30 0.90
Household composition Two parent family 570 82.0 399 81.9
Others 125 18.0 88 18.1
Membership sports club No 89 12.8 63 12.9
Yes 606 87.2 424 87.1
Frequency of sports participation 2.92 1.44 2.51 1.64
Nonathletes 89 12.8 68 14.0
Low sports actives 229 32.9 130 26.7
Moderate sports actives 194 27.9 166 34.1
High sports actives 183 26.3 123 25.3
Individual versus team sports Nonathletes 89 12.8 68 14.0
Individual sports 161 23.2 108 22.2
Team sports 325 46.8 236 48.5
Individual as well as team sports 120 17.3 75 15.4
Indoor versus outdoor sports Nonathletes 89 12.8 68 14.0
Indoor sports 207 29.8 130 23.7
Outdoor sports 308 44.3 239 49.1
Indoor as well as outdoor sports 91 13.1 50 10.3
Contact versus non-contact sports Nonathletes 89 12.8 68 14.0
Non-contact sports 240 34.5 161 33.1
Contact sports 277 39.9 205 42.1
Non-contact as well as contact sports 89 12.8 53 10.9
Involvement in competition or not Nonathletes 89 12.8 68 14.0
Training activities 139 20.0 86 17.7
Competition 467 67.2 333 68.4
Psychosocial health internalizing problems 3.97 2.78 3.21 2.83
normal 647 93.1 453 93.0
abnormal 48 6.9 34 7.0
externalizing problems 5.53 3.07 5.16 3.17
normal 572 82.3 403 82.8
abnormal 123 17.7 84 17.2
prosocial behaviour 7.90 1.62 8.31 1.56
normal 642 92.4 450 92.4
abnormal 53 7.6 37 7.6