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Table 2 Percentage of observed instances of physical, social climate, and staff interaction components by Camp

From: Environmental and social-motivational contextual factors related to youth physical activity: systematic observations of summer day camps

 

Percentage (%) of total observations

Under-resourced

Resourced

 

Constructs

CAMP1

CAMP2

CAMP3

CAMP4

Across camps

Physical Features

Accessible

99.2

100

100

100

99.7

Useable

99.2

100

100

100

99.7

Supervised

95.0

91.1

100

95.2

95.1

Equipmenta

52.1*

77.2*

62.3

56.5

61.1

Temperature+

89.2

86.6

87.1

91.3

88.5

Social Climate

Clarity of Rulesb

13.4*

46.8*

23.2

16.1

24.0

Autonomyc

66.4

45.6*

72.5

82.3*

65.7

Organized PAd

27.7

46.8*

17.4*

11.3*

27.1

High Engagement

24.4

19.0

36.2

21.0

24.9

Inclusion

20.2

13.9

29.0

16.1

19.8

Positive Youth Interactionse

6.7*

15.2

27.5*

12.9

14.3

Bullying

1.0

0

0

0

0.3

Staff Behaviors

Promotes PA (Initiates)

0

2.5

4.3

0

1.6

Promotes Increases in PA

0

0

1.4

0

0.3

Praises PA

0

0

0

0

0

Promotes Outside PA

0

0

0

0

0

Other-Task (disengaged)

3.0

2.5

1.4

1.6

2.3

Demonstrates Fitness

9.0

15.2

5.8

11.3

10.3

Observesf

43.0*

58.2

52.2

77.4*

55.8

General interaction

45.0

21.6

34.9

9.7

31.3

  1. +Temperature was reported as the mean across the 4 days of observations for each camp and the mean temperature across all camps.
  2. a. χ2 (3,328) = 13.29, p = .004. Underrepresented in Camp 1 [Adjusted standardized residual (ASR) = −2.5]; Overrepresented in Camp 2 (ASR = 3.4).
  3. b. χ2 (3,329) = 31.97, p = .000. Underrepresented in Camp 1 (ASR = −3.4); Overrepresented in Camp 2 (ASR = 5.4).
  4. c. χ2 (3,329) =23.16, p = .000. Underrepresented in Camp 2 (ASR = −4.3); Overrepresented in Camp 4 (ASR = 3.1).
  5. d. χ2 (3,329) =26.77, p = .000. Underrepresented in Camp 3 (ASR = −2.0) and Camp 4 (ASR = −3.1); Overrepresented in Camp 2 (ASR = 4.5).
  6. e. χ2 (3,329) =15.60, p = .001. Underrepresented in Camp 1 (ASR = −3.0); Overrepresented in Camp3 (ASR =3.5).
  7. f. χ2 (3,310) = 18.95, p = .000. Underrepresented in Camp 1 (ASR = −3.1); Overrepresented in Camp 4 (ASR = 3.8).