PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PATTERNS OF TURKISH ADOLESCENTS: INFLUENCE OF SOME SOCIAL FACTORS

Bivariate correlations were calculated between TIMEv, TIMEm, TIME, SES, age, problem solving, self-care, and self-esteem. Significant correlations were found between TIMEv, TIMEm, TIME. In addition negative correlations were found between SES and TIME, age and TIME as well as TIMEm., and self-esteem and TIME as well as TIMEv. Self-care showed a positive correlation with TIME and TIMEv. There was no correlation between the problem solving scores and any of the exercise parameters (Table 4).

Table 4: Correlations between age, TIME, TIMEv, TIMEm, age, SES, problem solving, self-care, and self-esteem.

    TIMEv TIME TIMEm AGE SES PC SC SE
Cor TIMEv
1.000
  TIME
0.864**
1.000
  TIMEm
0.139**
0.606**
1.000
  Age
-0.036
-0.069*
-0.091**
1.000
  SES
-0.069
-0.077*
-0.046
-0.071
1.000
  PS
-0.059
-0.062
-0.026
-0.055
0.135**
1.000
  SC
0.119**
0.108**
0.029
0.001
-0.018
-0.513**
1.000
  SE
-0.104**
-0.086*
-0.009
-0.208**
0.026
0.273**
-0.375**
1.00
Sig TIMEv
.
  TIME
0.000
.
  TIMEm
0.000
0.000
.
  Age
0.281
0.042
0.007
.
  SES
0.057
0.034
0.209
0.051
.
  PS
0.138
0.120
0.509
0.169
0.002
.
  SC
0.004
0.008
0.485
0.975
0.690
0.000
.
  SE
0.002
0.012
0.796
0.000
0.481
0.000
0.000
.
N TIMEv
883
  TIME
883
883
  TIMEm
883
883
883
  Age
878
878
878
878
  SES
751
751
751
748
751
  PS
627
627
627
624
539
627
  SC
599
599
599
595
509
475
599
  SE
862
862
862
857
731
619
589
862

PS=Problem solving, SC=Self-care, SE=Self-esteem.
**            Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
*            Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).