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dc.contributor.authorBrown, Peter R.
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Wendy J.
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Yvette D.
dc.contributor.authorHansen, Vibeke.
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:58:05Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:58:05Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.date.modified2008-02-14T08:21:13Z
dc.identifier.issn01490400
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/014904001316896837
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/16813
dc.description.abstractEvidence suggests that women who are mothers of young children have lower levels of physical activity than women of similar age who do not have children (Brown, Lee, Mishra, & Bauman, 2000). The purposes of this study were to explore the factors that constrain mothers of young children from being more physically active, and the relationship between physical activity and levels of social support available to the women. The empirical basis for this examination was provided through a study of activity levels and barriers to physical activity experienced by a sample of 543 mothers of young children from differing socioeconomic backgrounds. The data indicate that: (a) more than two-thirds of the mothers were inadequately active in their leisure time for health benefit; (b) while the vast majority of mothers expressed a desire to be more active, they were inhibited in their ability to act out their leisure preferences by a combination of structural (e.g., lack of time, money, energy) and ideological influences (e.g., sense of commitment to others); (c) access to social support (from partners, family, and friends) was seen to place some women in a better position than others to negotiate constraints that inhibit leisure participation; and (d) within groups of varying socioeconomic status (SES) there was wide variation in the amount of time spent each week in active leisure.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis, Inc.
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom131
dc.relation.ispartofpageto144
dc.relation.ispartofjournalLeisure Sciences
dc.relation.ispartofvolume23
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommercial Services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTourism
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1504
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1506
dc.titlePerceived constraints and social support for active leisure among mothers wih young children
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2001
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorBrown, Peter


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