Associations of School Violence with Physical Activity among U.S. High School Students

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• Journal Article:
  J Phys Act Health
• Personal Author:
  Demissie, Zewditu ; Lowry, Richard ; Eaton, Danice K. ; Hertz, Marci F ; Lee, Sarah M
• Description:
  Background:
  
  This study investigated associations of violence-related behaviors with physical activity (PA)-related behaviors among U.S. high school students.
  
  Methods:
  
  Data from the 2009 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey, a cross-sectional survey of a nationally representative sample of 9th-12th grade students, were analyzed. Sex-stratified, adjusted odds ratios (aORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated for associations between violence-related behaviors and being physically active for ≥60 minutes daily, sports participation, TV watching for ≥3 hours/day, and video game/computer use for ≥3 hours/day.
  
  Results:
  
  Among male students, at-school bullying victimization was negatively associated with daily PA (aOR: 0.72; 95%CI: 0.58-0.87) and sports participation; skipping school because of safety concerns was positively associated with video game/computer use (1.42; 1.01-2.00); and physical fighting was positively associated with daily PA. Among female students, at-school bullying victimization and skipping school because of safety concerns were both positively associated with video game/computer use (1.46; 1.19-1.79 and 1.60; 1.09-2.34, respectively), and physical fighting at school was negatively associated with sports participation and positively associated with TV watching.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  Bullying victimization emerged as a potentially important risk factor for insufficient PA. Schools should consider the role of violence in initiatives designed to promote PA.
• Subjects:
  • Adolescent
  • Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
  • Bullying
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Fear
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Motor Activity
  More +
• Keywords:
  • adolescent
  • schools
  • violence
  • physical activity
• Source:
  J Phys Act Health. 11(4):705-711
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2012-0191
• Pubmed ID:
  25078515
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10947244
• Document Type:
  Text ; Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/151734/cdc_151734_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 114.55 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cd045233a0a62167b9b324df184ffc92924939ebd7d9053ce415c87e59121b35b61c17943d6f56de040034bf5605a8656371a056ea21308dda7cc766b6e38353