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Becoming somebody: changing priorities and physical activity

Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland)Published 1 January 2005
Jan Wright, Doune Macdonald, Johanna Wyn, Lynda Kriflik
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Abstract

The ways young people negotiate their participation in physical activity in relation to other priorities in their lives, during and beyond school, are explored here from a sociological approach to youth. The data from interviews for the Longitudinal Life Activity Project are used to explore how the place and meaning of physical activity in young peoples' lives influence the choices they make about participation in physical activity in relation to other priorities, such as study and work.

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Social Sciences