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Item Metadata only The Decline in Physical Activity of First Year University Students(St. Francis Xavier University, April 2006) Chisholm, Krista L.This study compared the current physical activity levels of male and female Human Kinetics students to rion-Human Kinetic students. A second purpose was to examine the change or lack of change in the levels of physical activity since high school. Seventy-six students were randomly selected, 38 Human Kinetics and 38 non Human Kinetics students with an equal number of male and female participants. Each participant completed the 7-Day Physical Activity Recall Questionnaire. They were also asked to indicate whether their physical activity had increased, decreased, or stayed the same since attending university. Data was analyzed using SPSS 13.0 to conduct independent Sample t-tests so gender differences and the differences between physical activity levels of the Human Kinetic and non Human Kinetic participants could be determined.. Males in Human Kinetics were significantly (p < 0.05) more active than non Human Kinetic male students; in moderate and very hard physical activity during the. week and hard and very hard physical activity during the weekends. Human Kinetic * female students were also more physically active than non Human Kinetic female students, in very hard physical activities during the week and moderate and very hard physical activity during the weekend. For the non Human Kinetic males, 68% reported a decline in physical activity since high school and only 6% indicated an increase. As for the Human Kinetic males, 42% reported an increase in their physical activity and 42% indicated a decrease since high school. For the females, 58% of the Human Kinetic subjects reported being less physically active. This was slightly greater than the 53% of the non Human Kinetic females who indicated having lower levels of physical activities since attending university. Only 21% of Non Human Kinetic and 16% of the Human Kinetic females reported an increase in physical activity. Overall, Human Kinetic students reported greater physical activity levels than non Human Kinetic students. This suggests that those drawn to the Human Kinetics program from high school are likely to participate in physical activity more so than those enrolled in various other programs.Item Metadata only A Celtic majority?: a look at Prince Edward Island's Celtic roots(St. Francis Xavier University, 2012) Reddy, Julia AnnItem Metadata only Gaelic education in Nova Scotia: an Honours thesis(St. Francis Xavier University, 2008) Halfpenny, Sheena MarieItem Metadata only The little white schoolhouses: a statistical study of the schoolhouses of Margaree, Inverness and Mabou prior to consolidation(St. Francis Xavier University, 1984) McDaniel, Leslie ChristineItem Metadata only Gaelic medium education in a modern world(St. Francis Xavier University, 2005) Root, CarolineItem Metadata only The early settlement of Glengarry County(St. Francis Xavier University, 1969) Smith, George AlfredItem Metadata only Politics and Virtue: Influences of Twelfth-Century Scotland on the Vita Sancti Niniani(St. Francis Xavier University, 2012) MacLeod, BreannaItem Metadata only The history of Pictou Academy: 1816-1970(St. Francis Xavier University, 1971) Graves, VelmaItem Metadata only The Scottish Catholic Society of Canada(St. Francis Xavier University, 1983) MacEachern, EdmundItem Metadata only The Scottish spinning and weaving traditions in Cape Breton and Eastern Nova Scotia(St. Francis Xavier University, 1997) Carlson, Michele D.Item Metadata only A study of the remnant Gaelic culture along the North Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia(St. Francis Xavier University, 1992) MacLean, JuanitaItem Metadata only The first century at Cape George(St. Francis Xavier University, 1980) MacInnis-Penny, WilenaItem Metadata only The Irish language question: what is the current state of Irish Gaelic?(St. Francis Xavier University, 2007) Windsor, JoeyItem Metadata only The Macdonalds of Bailey's Brook(St. Francis Xavier University, 1979) Barry, ClareItem Metadata only As she pleases?: A comparitive study of women under early Celtic law(St. Francis Xavier University, 1995) Stewart, AngeliaItem Metadata only The present state of research on the Casket letters(St. Francis Xavier University, 1960) Kennedy, John EdwardItem Metadata only What do the Welsh know?: A comparison of the language revival movements in Scotland and Wales(St. Francis Xavier University, 2005) Chase, DeedraItem Metadata only Interpreting and understanding the Medieval Celtic literature of Ireland and Wales(St. Francis Xavier University, 2009) Perkins, Jared JoshuaItem Metadata only BrĂ ighe na h-Aibhne: Iarmad mo Shluaigh(St. Francis Xavier University, 1992) MacDonald, JeffItem Metadata only Attachment Security in Children Adopted from Orphanages in China(St. Francis Xavier University, March 29,2005) Archibald, Sarah JaneAbstract The present study examined differences in attachment security between children adopted to Nova Scotia from orphanages in China and a Canadian-born, home-reared since birth comparison group. The Canadian-born group of children were matched to the Chinese-born children on sex and age and did not differ from them on several demographic characteristics. Mothers of children adopted from China, however, were significantly older than mothers of Canadian-born children. Attachment security was measured using a parent report questionnaire that was part of an hour long interview conducted with parents. The attachment security measure comprised the 23 items with the highest and lowest loadings on the security scale of the Waters and Deane (1985) Attachment Q-sort. Children adopted from China scored significantly lower than Canadian-born children on the attachment security measure, a finding consistent with research on previously institutionalized children from other countries.