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

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• Alternative Title:
  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 Odds Ratio Risk Factors Safety Schools Sedentary Behavior Sex Distribution Sports Students Time Factors United States Violence

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• Keywords:
  Adolescent Physical Activity Schools Violence
• Source:
  J Phys Act Health. 11(4):705-711
• Pubmed ID:
  25078515
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10947244
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ba70e7eaedb8ccd28f1165cc66d4f59f02072821524243c1e429335555c6bdfb
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/151734/cdc_151734_DS1.pdf
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