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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Phys Act Health. 2011 Feb;8(2):210–219. doi: 10.1123/jpah.8.2.210

Table 3.

Descriptive Statistics of Psychosocial Variables and Physical Activity (N = 350)

Variable Mean (SD) Range T value for gender difference (boys as reference group)
Family social support for physical activitya 8.93 (4.21) 1–20 0.89
Friend social support for physical activityc 11.37 (4.54) 1–20 −0.94
Internal barriers to physical activityc 5.33 (2.06) 1–15 2.76
External barriers to physical activityd 7.08 (2.63) 1–15 0.85
Negative meanings of physical activity
 Social meanings 4.58 (1.53) 1–12 0.75
 Personal meanings 5.03 (1.58) 1–12 3.31
 Functional meanings 3.58 (1.38) 1–8 2.48*
Physical activity (minutes)
 Vigorous 40.97 (63.57) 1–1020 −2.24*
 Moderate 99.69 (100.98) 1–1020 0.03
 Light 879.34 (120.44) 1–1020 1.44
 Sedentary behaviors 109.29 (91.69) 1–1020 −2.88
*

P < .05,

P < .01,

P < .001 indicate the significance of gender difference.

a

Sum score of the 4 selected variables from Table 1.

b

Sum score of the 4 selected variables from Table 1.

c

Sum score of the 3 selected variables from Table 1.

d

Sum score of the 3 selected variables from Table 1.