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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for study variables

From: Parental influences on adolescent physical activity: a longitudinal study

 

Females (N = 6,730)

Males (N = 6,516)

Gender Differences

 

Mean

(s.e.)

Mean

(s.e.)

 

Physical Activity

     

Bouts of physical activity per week

6.03

(0.11)

7.88

(0.11)

***

Parental Influence

     

Family Cohesion (range 3 – 15)

11.18

(0.06)

11.42

(0.06)

***

Parental Monitoring (range 0 – 7)

2.02

(0.05)

2.00

(0.06)

 

Parent – Child Communication (range 0 – 3)

1.90

(0.03)

1.65

(0.03)

***

Parental Engagement (range 0 – 6)

2.15

(0.04)

2.12

(0.04)

 

Adolescent Emotional Health

     

Self-Esteem (range 0 – 24)

20.83

(0.11)

22.32

(0.09)

***

Depression (range 0 – 57)

12.47

(0.17)

10.62

(0.14)

***

  1. *** p ≤ .001