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1
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Peers:

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other people of roughly the same age and status

2
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Friends:

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  • reciprocated, voluntary, and equalitarian relationships among peers
  • typically involves mutual affection, companionship, and shared history
3
Q

Children are motivated to participate in PA to:

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  • develop and demonstrate physical competence
  • develop or affirm social relationships (participate because they like being with friends)
  • because it is fun and enjoyable
4
Q

Children and youth live in ____ _____ worlds.

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peer-rich

5
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Where do children interact with peers?

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  • school (7+ hours/day)
  • neighbourhoods
  • organized activities
6
Q

By virtue of time spent together, interactions with peers and friends are an important _____ context.

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developmental

7
Q

_____ are thought to have greater influences over time.

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  • peers

- friends

8
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Why do peers have greater influences over time?

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  • concerns about social status increase

- social comparison increases

9
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Why do friends have greater influences over time?

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  • increased independence from parents
  • more time spent with friends
  • cognitive development and perspective taking
10
Q

Sources of competence information for children aged 5-9 years (____-____ orientation).

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  • task-goal
  • prefer parent feedback
  • mastery of simple tasks
  • enjoyment of activities as markers of ability
11
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Sources of competence information for youth aged 10-15 years (____-_____ orientation).

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  • ego-goal
  • consider comparisons with and evaluations from peers and feedback from respected adults as credible sources of information on ability
12
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Sources of competence information for youth aged 16+ years (____/____ - _____ orientation).

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  • task/ego-goal
  • most frequently use self-referenced sources such as improvement, effort, enjoyment, and goal achievement
  • still rely on social and outcome sources
13
Q

Social need and key relationship for infancy (0-2 years):

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  • tenderness

- parents

14
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Social need and key relationship for childhood (2-6 years):

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  • companionship

- parents

15
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Social need and key relationship for juvenile (6-9 years):

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  • acceptance

- peers

16
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Social need and key relationship for preadolescence (9-12 years):

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  • intimacy

- same-sex friend

17
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Social need and key relationship for early adolescence (12-16 years):

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  • sexuality

- romantic partner

18
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Social need and key relationship for late adolescence (16 years +):

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  • integration into adult society

- significant adults

19
Q

Children are more physically active when ….

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with a friend compared to alone

20
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When alone, lean boys were _____ physically active than overweight boys.

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more

21
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When a peer was present, the overweight boys….

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did the same amount of PA as lean boys

22
Q

Presence of a unknown peer has a _____ effect for someone with overweight status, but not for someone with normal status.

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positive

23
Q

3 perceptions of friend influence:

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  • social support for PA
  • friends’ modelling of PA
  • co-participation in PA with friends
24
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Limitations of surveys:

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  • tend to be for kids 10+
  • relying on perceptions of children and adolescents
  • assuming they know how active their friends are when they aren’t together all the time
25
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Initiation of PA in the study of friendship influences (10-11) includes:

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  • co-participation
  • modelling of being active
  • giving verbal support
26
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Maintenance of PA in the study of friendship influences (10-11) includes:

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co-participation and enjoyment are the key factors

27
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In the qualitative study of friend and sibling influences (5-6), parents reported that:

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  • friends influenced their child’s desire to attend structured PA sessions (the influence of friends exceeded the appeal of the activities in some cases)
  • their child’s PA choices were not influenced by friends primarily due to having a strong personality
  • sibling influence on PA was largely impromptu rather than structure activities
28
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Impromptu:

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  • spontaneous

- unorganized

29
Q

Negative peer experiences and the presence of _____, _____, and _____ peer experiences ______ PA.

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  • hostile
  • negative
  • critical
  • decrease
30
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Why do negative peer experiences decrease PA?

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  • psychological pain

- decreases the reinforcing value of PA which leads to lower PA

31
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Ostracism:

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intentionally ignoring or excluding someone

32
Q

2 conditions while playing a cyberball game:

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  • ostracism

- inclusion (control)

33
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Children who were ostracised where…

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  • less physically active

- more sedentary

34
Q

The peer social context of childhood/adolescent obesity, characterized by ____ ____ and ____ _____, contributes to and reinforces overweight youths’ lack of ____ ____ and choice of ______ ______, which in turn promotes…

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  • social stigma
  • peer difficulties
  • PA
  • sedentary alternatives
  • the maintenance of their overweight status
35
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Those with overweight/obesity reported ____ more minutes of screen time/day than did females who were not overweight and ____ of these minutes could be attributed to experiencing _____ _____.

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  • 34
  • 2
  • peer victimization
36
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Social network theory is a research paradigm that focuses on…

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relationships and connections among actors (ie. children)

37
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With social network theory, friendships are embedded in thick webs of _____ _____ called ______ ____.

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  • social relations

- social networks

38
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3 parts of social network theory:

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  • individuals (egos)
  • dyads
  • network structure
39
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Social network theory assumes that:

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  • people are influenced by and act upon their network environment
  • a persons position in the network influences their behaviour
40
Q

Significance of PA in friends for ______, not ____.

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  • females

- males

41
Q

Significant effects were observed for ______ ______ _____ friends, which means….

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  • best reciprocated male friends

- only tight friendships matter for males

42
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The difference in PA between friends was _____ steps/hour lower than the difference in PA between children who were not friends.

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20

43
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What was found with unorganized PA?

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no similarity found among female or male networks

44
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What was found with organized PA?

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similarity found among female and male networks

45
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Similarity of PA could be due to:

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  • selection

- influence

46
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Selection:

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  • people select friends who are similarly active

- less consistent evidence

47
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Influence:

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  • friends influence one another’s PA participation

- more consistent, stronger evidence

48
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Males are more active when they have ….

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  • more incoming friendship nominations

- out-isolate and in-isolate

49
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Selection: active males are selected

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more often as friends

50
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Selection: inactive males are …

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less often selected as friends

51
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Influence: males with lots of friends…

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have more opportunities to be physically active

52
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Influence: males with none or few friends have…

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less opportunities to be physically active

53
Q

Loneliness:

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a sad or aching sense of isolation along with a feeling of deprivation of, and longing for, association, contact, or closeness with others

54
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Athletic ability:

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how good a child’s peers say they are at sports and physical skills

55
Q

Within PA programming we can incorporate ______ ____ _____ activities to support healthy relationships:

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  • relationships skill-building
  • encouraging cooperation and teamwork
  • providing opportunities for social interactions
  • enhancing group cohesion
56
Q

Friendship-based interventions target…

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inactive friendship groups

57
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Friendship-based interventions provide training for…

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everyone on the importance of inclusion

58
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Sociometric status:

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the degree to which children are liked or disliked by other children within the peer group

59
Q

Popular children:

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  • children who receive many “most like” ratings from the group
  • receive very few, if any, “dislike” ratings
60
Q

Rejected children:

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  • children who receive many “least like” ratings from the group
  • receive very few, if any, “like” ratings
61
Q

Neglected children:

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children who don’t receive “like” or “dislike” ratings from the group

62
Q

Rejected kids had:

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  • higher levels of loneliness

- lower levels of athletic ability rated by peers

63
Q

Role of overweight:

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  • significantly less friendship nominations

- more likely to receive no friendship nominations

64
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Opinion leaders:

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those who influence the opinions, attitudes, beliefs, motivations and behaviours of others

65
Q

Opinion leaders can be selected in different ways:

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  • self-selection
  • staff selection
  • sociometric methods
66
Q

Peer supporters (AHEAD program):

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  • sociometric ratings (top 15%)
  • 2 day training event
  • asked to diffuse health promotion messages
67
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Type of training for peer supporters (AHEAD program):

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  • education
  • knowledge
  • skills
  • promote discouraging negative behaviour
68
Q

AHEAD program:

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  • change diet and PA in high schools

- not successful, too complex

69
Q

Critiques of AHEAD program:

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  • doesn’t reach at risk kids on the outskirts
  • cliques
  • peer supporters don’t know they have influence
70
Q

How can coaches promote positive peer-interactions within PA?

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  • mix up peers
  • encourage interactions
  • setting ground rules at the beginning of the year
  • ice breakers
  • team bonding activities
71
Q

How can parents promote positive peer-interactions within PA?

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  • modelling healthy behaviours
  • encourage interactions
  • teaching introducing yourself
  • giving child more opportunities to make friends
  • if you see a negative behaviour, fix it (discourage neg. peer interaction)
  • set ground rules
72
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PYD climate:

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  • empathetic relationships with leaders/coaches
  • positive interactions with peers
  • supportive involvement of parents