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Cover of 2007 Tucker Center Research ReportThe 2007 Tucker Center Research Report
Developing Physically Active Girls:
An Evidence-based Multidisciplinary Approach

 

Executive Summary

Full Report [in Adobe Acrobat pdf only]

Media Resources on the 2007 Tucker Center Research Report

Poster:
"An Evidence-based Multidisciplinary Model for Developing Physically Active Girls"
[8.5 x 11 letter size]

 

Tucker Center Research Report authors at the 2008 Spring Distinguished
Lecture (l. to r.): Nicole LaVoi, Margaret Duncan, Barbara Ainsworth,
and Diane Wiese-Bjornstal. Click here for more information and to view the lecture.

Table of Contents [not linked]

Letters & Acknowledgements

  • Message from University of Minnesota President Robert H. Bruininks
  • Message from College of Education and Human Development Dean Darlyne Bailey
  • Acknowledgments
  • Letter from the Project Directors, Mary Jo Kane & Nicole M. LaVoi

Research Reports

  • Chapter 1: Physical Activity Behavior: What Girls Do
    Nicole M. LaVoi, Ph.D., and Diane M. Wiese-Bjornstal, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
     
  • Chapter 2: Psychological Dimensions of Girls’ Physical Activity Participation:
    Diane M. Weise-Bjornstal, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
     
  • Chapter 3: Sociological Dimensions of Girls’ Physical Activity Participation
    Margaret C. Duncan, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee
     
  • Chapter 4: Physiological and Metabolic Dimensions of Girls’ Physical Activity
    Jeanne F. Nichols, Ph.D., San Diego State University; Kelley K. Pettee, Ph.D., and Barbara E. Ainsworth, Ph.D., Arizona State University
     
  • Chapter 5: Girls’ Physical Activity Participation: Recommendations for Best Practices, Programs, Policies, and Future Research
    Diane M. Wiese-Bjornstal, Ph.D., and Nicole M. LaVoi, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
     
  • References