A Study of Social Support and Physical Activity in Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Junior High School Students

• Main Authors: Wan-Ching Liu, 劉婉菁
• Other Authors: 陳麗華
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/76139573661353355141

碩士 === 國立臺灣體育大學(桃園) === 體育研究所 === 96 === Abstract The purposes of this study were:1. to compare the difference of the social support sources between the junior high school students with different sexes and races, 2. to compare the difference of the social support types from different sources between the junior high school students with different sexes and races, 3. to compare the difference of physical activity between the junior high school students with different sexes and races, 4. to examine how the social support sources of the junior high school students with different sexes and races predicted physical activity, 5. to examine how the social support types from different sources of the junior high school students with different sexes and races predicted physical activity. Four hundred ninety eight junior high school students from four schools of Shuili and Shini township in NanTou county participated in the study. The instruments of this study was a self- designed questionnaire which was validated by Actical Acceralermeter. T-Test, two-way ANOVA and simultaneous ressgression were implemented to analyzed the data. The main results of this study were as the following:1. there were no significant effects between the junior high school students with different sexes and races in social support sources. 2. There were no significant effects between the junior high school students with different sexes and races in the social support types from different sources. 3. There were no significant effects between the junior high school students with different sexes and races in physical activity. 4. The social support sources of the junior high school students with different sexes and races couldn’t predict physical activity. 5. Only instrumental support from teacher was able to predict physical activity for the Non-Aboriginal boys. According to the findings, social support sources and types mostly were not able to significantly to predict phisical activity in aboriginal or non-aboriginal junior high school students. There might be other factors that could effectively predict physical activity in this sample. Future studies were recommended to locate better predictors for physical activity behavior in the jounior high school students with different sexes and races.