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Table 1 Mean (SD) across PA grouping with significant main effects and effect size of two-way ANOVA’s

From: Youth-Physical Activity Towards Health: evidence and background to the development of the Y-PATH physical activity intervention for adolescents

    

Physical activity grouping

  

Variable

Gender

N

Overall

Low

Moderate

High

Main effect

Partial eta squared

BMI

Male

131

19.89 (3.45)

20.60 (4.32)

19.61 (3.04)

19.93 (3.25)

No sig.

 

Female

113

20.17 (3.13)

20.26 (2.77)

20.16 (3.28)

19.79 (3.49)

Total FMS

Male

120

61.93 (5.56)

60.81 (6.03)

62.51 (6.76)

62.18 (4.14)

No sig.

 

Female

103

60.13 (5.33)

60.73 (5.14)

60.60 (4.90)

59.96 (5.30)

Object control

Male

110

36.62 (2.62)

36.13 (2.81)

36.49 (3.17)

36.75 (1.97)

Gender, F(1,199) = 9.147, p = 0.003

0.044

Female

95

35.27 (2.82)

35.30 (2.93)

35.57 (2.71)

35.04 (2.47)

Loco-motor

Male

120

25.31 (4.19)

24.68 (4.61)

26.03 (4.63)

25.43 (3.39)

No sig.

 

Female

103

24.85 (3.94)

25.43 (3.45)

25.03 (3.67)

24.93 (4.16)

Self efficacy

Male

133

25.36 (4.04)

23.74 (41.8)

26.30 (4.17)

25.73 (3.47)

PA, F(2,245) = 4.087, p = 0.018

0.032

Female

118

24.80 (4.27)

24.28 (4.58)

24.74 (4.20)

25.56 (3.90)

Benefits

Male

133

31.71 (4.04)

31.23 (4.80)

32.11 (3.88)

31.71 (3.55)

PA, F(2,245) = 3.513, p = 0.031

0.028

Female

118

31.31 (4.24)

30.19 (4.23)

32.68 (3.40)

31.27 (4.23)

Barriers

Male

133

33.86 (8.12)

32.63 (7.85)

35.07 (7.05)

33.67 (9.21)

PA, F(2,245) = 3.650, p = 0.027

0.029

Female

118

33.91 (6.57)

31.76 (6.61)

34.29 (5.51)

36.38 (6.81)

Attitudes

Male

129

13.78 (2.30)

12.87 (2.43)

14.09 (2.16)

14.18 (2.17)

PA, F(2,240) = 11.332, p = 0.000

0.086

Female

118

33.91 (6.57)

31.76 (6.61)

34.29 (5.51)

36.38 (6.81)

Social support

Male

129

16.14 (3.94)

15.89 (4.03)

15.88 (3.44)

16.55 (4.32)

No Sig.

 

Female

117

15.90 (3.12)

15.52 (2.99)

16.57 (3.32)

15.68 (3.04)