AGE AND SEX-DIFFERENCES AMONG ADOLESCENT PARTICIPANTS IN 9 OUTDOOR RECREATION ACTIVITIES Academic Article

abstract

• Responses of 2,760 junior and senior high school students regarding their participation in nine outdoor recreation activities were used to assess the relationships between age, sex, and adolescent outdoor recreation patterns. Analysis of variance revealed that the age variable was statistically significant for eight of the nine activities at the.01 level. The sex variable was significant at the.01 level for five of the nine activities. The findings support previous researchers conclusions that many traditionally male activities are no longer dominated by males. Differences in outdoor recreation participation among different age groups, within the adolescent life-cycle stage, suggest that it may be inappropriate for recreation opportunity providers to view adolescence as a homogeneous life-cycle stage. 1979 Taylor 8 Francis Group, LLC.

authors

• Crompton, John
• Vedlitz, Arnold

published proceedings

• RESEARCH QUARTERLY

author list (cited authors)

• CROMPTON, J. L., LAMB, C. W., & VEDLITZ, A.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• CROMPTON, JL||LAMB, CW||VEDLITZ, A

publication date

• December 1979

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport  Journal

keywords

• Clinical Research
• Pediatric
• Pediatric Research Initiative

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/00345377.1979.10615654

start page

• 589

end page

• 598

volume

• 50

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00345377.1979.10615654