Longitudinal changes in Chinese minority college students' health-related fitness: A multilevel latent growth curve modeling approach.

Publisher: Routledge Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8214119 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1940-3208 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 07448481 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Am Coll Health Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: 2010- : New York : Routledge
Original Publication: [Washington, D.C. : Published by the Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation, in cooperation with the American College Health Association, c1982-

Students*/statistics & numerical data ; Students*/psychology ; Physical Fitness* ; Minority Groups*/statistics & numerical data; Humans ; Female ; Male ; Universities/statistics & numerical data ; Young Adult ; China ; Longitudinal Studies ; Adolescent ; Body Mass Index ; Muscle Strength ; Sex Factors ; Adult

Purpose: The study aimed to test the overall changes of health-related fitness (HRF) in minority Chinese college students and to examine HRF differences in gender, race, and year in college. Method: Participants ( n  = 1320) were minority college students with more than two-thirds females (ie 76.1%), and Hui, Tibetan, and Mongolia consisted of 13.8%, 13.8%, and 11.2%, respectively. Student HRF was tracked for four years. Data were analyzed using multilevel latent growth curve modeling. Results: Muscular strength and endurance were the weakest component in minority college students' HRF, while body mass index was within the category of "excellent". Males outperformed female on all components of HRF. Conclusions: It is suggested that interventions concerning minority females' HRF and muscular strength and endurance for both genders be constructed and tested.

Keywords: Health-related fitness; minority Chinese college students; tracking changes

Date Created: 20220527 Date Completed: 20240528 Latest Revision: 20240528

20250114

10.1080/07448481.2022.2066955

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