Physical Activity Behaviors of Adolescents in Public and Private High Schools

Pearsman, S. N.; Valois, Robert F.; Thatcher, W. Gregory; Drane, J. Wanzer

doi:10.5993/ajhb.25.1.5

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“…Beyond these remarks, there is no obvious pattern of measures that can be invoked to explain the markedly differing results in the studies included. The fact that both Pearman et al (2001) and Scully et al (2007) used four different measures of physical activity, but arrived at different conclusions, supports this contention.…”

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“…A lack of data on frequency, duration and intensity may result in inaccurate conclusions. For example, the Pearman et al (2001) study demonstrates that boys with lower SES spent more time on physical activity than their counterparts with higher SES, but concludes that these boys had an unfavorable score on physical activity as a whole. In particular, such an outcome stresses the importance of including duration as one of the several measures of physical activity.…”

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Effects of socioeconomic status on the physical activity in adolescents: a systematic review of the evidence

Stalsberg¹,

Pedersen

2010

Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

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The relationship between physical activity and socioeconomic status (SES) is evident in the adult population, but is much discussed with regard to adolescents. The main objective of this review was, therefore, to clarify whether there is a relationship between physical activity and SES in adolescents. Computerized searches were conducted in the databases PubMed, ISI Web of knowledge and SPORT-Discus to identify all relevant articles up to July 2009. Other review articles, descriptive or theoretical articles and articles where the adolescents in the samples were outside the age group of 13-18 years were excluded. Sixty-two articles were included in the end. The main results support the hypothesis that there is an association between SES and physical activity among adolescents, and that adolescents with higher SES are more physically active than those with lower SES. The findings are, however, far from uniform. Forty-two percent of the included studies report no or an opposite relation. There is also an inconsistent use of measures for both variables that complicates explanations and interpretations of the findings. This fortifies the claim that there is no single explanation for a possible difference in physical activity between different socioeconomic groups.

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Effects of socioeconomic status on the physical activity in adolescents: a systematic review of the evidence

Stalsberg¹,

Pedersen

2010

Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

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294

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“…They think that pupils who go to private schools are less likely to suffer from drug use since privileged students are better educated about anti-drug life skills programs and the private schools’ environment is less risky. There are very few studies comparing private and public schools regarding the prevalence of drug use and other risky behaviors [ 12 ]. Moreover, the paucity of studies that have assessed the issue are from Western countries [ 13 , 14 ].…”

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“Students in public and private schools—which are at higher risk of drug use?”: a survey from Iran

Bahramnejad

Iranpour

Nakhaee

2020

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Background Recent evidence from Western countries suggests that private school students are more prone to drug use. Such an evidence is lacking in Muslim countries. The aim of this study was to examine whether the risk of drug use is higher in private schools than public schools. Methods This cross sectional study was conducted on 650 tenth grade students of Kerman city, the center of largest province of Iran using cluster sampling. Well-validated questionnaires regarding current, lifetime substance use, and perceived use by classmates were utilized. Substances included in the questionnaire were waterpipe, cigarette, alcohol, marijuana, opium, methamphetamine, and Naas. Drug Use Tendency Scale was used to measure the attitudes of students towards drug use. Results The response rate was 93.7%. More than 82% of sample were public school students (n = 504). Current use of cigarette and marijuana was higher in private schools (12.2 and 3.0%, respectively) than public schools (4.4 and 0.5%, respectively) (P < 0.05). Perceived prevalence of cigarette smoking by classmates was higher among private school students. Conclusion Despite the popular belief that private schools are better than public schools regarding the risk of substance use, students who attend private schools may be at a higher risk of turning to some drugs comparing to public schools in Iran.

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“…They think that pupils who go to private schools are less likely to suffer from drug use since privileged students are better educated about anti-drug life skills programs and the private schoolsè nvironment is less risky. There are very few studies comparing private and public schools regarding the prevalence of drug use and other risky behaviors [10]. Moreover, the paucity of studies that have assessed the issue are from Western countries [11,12].…”

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confidence: 99%

“Students in public and private schools—which are at higher risk of drug abuse?”: A survey from Iran

Bahramnejad

Iranpour

Nakhaee

2020

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Background Recent evidence from Western countries suggests that private school students are more prone to drug use. Such an evidence is lacking in Muslim countries. The aim of this study was to examine whether the risk of drug use is higher in private schools than public schools. Methods This cross sectional study was conducted on 630 randomly selected 10th grade students of Kerman city, the center of largest province of Iran. Well-validated questionnaires regarding current, lifetime substance use, and perceived use by classmates were utilized. Substances included in the questionnaire were waterpipe, cigarette, alcohol, marijuana, opium, methamphetamine, and Naas. Drug Abuse Tendency Scale was used to measure the attitudes of students towards drug use. Results More than 82% of sample were public school students (n = 504). Ever use of cigarette, alcohol and marijuana was higher in private schools (27.6%, 39.0%, and 5.7%, respectively) than public schools (15.3%, 25.8%, 2.2%, respectively) (P < 0.05). The drug abuse tendency score was nearly higher in public school students (10.4 ± 9.4) than private schools (12.1 ± 9.9) (P = 0.090). Perceived prevalence of cigarette and marijuana use by classmates was higher among private school students. Conclusion Despite the popular belief that private schools are better than public schools regarding the risk of substance use, students who attend private schools are at a higher risk of turning to some drugs comparing to public schools in Iran.

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Physical Activity Behaviors of Adolescents in Public and Private High Schools

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Effects of socioeconomic status on the physical activity in adolescents: a systematic review of the evidence

Effects of socioeconomic status on the physical activity in adolescents: a systematic review of the evidence

“Students in public and private schools—which are at higher risk of drug use?”: a survey from Iran

“Students in public and private schools—which are at higher risk of drug abuse?”: A survey from Iran

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