Physical activity and sedentary behavior across three time-points and associations with social skills in early childhood

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dc.contributor.authorCarson, Valerie
dc.contributor.authorLee, Eun-Young
dc.contributor.authorHesketh, Kylie D.
dc.contributor.authorHunter, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorKuzik, Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorPredy, Madison
dc.contributor.authorRhodes, Ryan E.
dc.contributor.authorRinaldi, Christina M.
dc.contributor.authorSpence, John C.
dc.contributor.authorHinkley, Trina
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-24T00:03:29Z
dc.date.available2020-11-24T00:03:29Z
dc.date.copyright2019en_US
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractBackground The growth and development that occurs in early childhood has long-term implications, therefore understanding the relevant determinants is needed to inform early prevention and intervention. The objectives of the study were to examine: 1) the longitudinal associations of physical activity and sedentary behavior with social skills and 2) how physical activity and sedentary behavior track over three time-points. Methods Participants were from the Parents’ Role in Establishing healthy Physical activity and Sedentary behavior habits (PREPS) project. A total of 251 eligible toddlers and their parents participated at baseline in 2014/15 (time 1; 1.6 ± 0.2 years) and a sub-sample participated at 1-year (time 2; n = 79; 2.7 ± 0.3 years) and 2-year (time 3; n = 77; 3.7 ± 0.4 years) follow-ups. Sedentary time (≤25 counts/15 s), light-intensity physical activity (LPA; 26–419 counts/15 s), and moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA; ≥420/15 s) were objectively measured with wGT3X-BT ActiGraph accelerometers, and standardized for wear time. Parents reported their children’s screen time (television/video, video/computer games) at all three time-points. Parents also reported on children’s social skills using the Adaptive Social Behavior Inventory (ASBI) at time-points 2 and 3, and comply (e.g., cooperates; 10 items), express (e.g., joins play; 13 items), and disrupt (e.g., teases; 7 items) subscales were created by summing items. Generalized estimating equations (GEE) were conducted to address objective one. Tracking coefficients (low: β1 < 0.30; moderate: β1 = 0.30–0.59; moderate-high: β1 = 0.60-0.90; high: β1 > 0.9) were conducted using GEE to address objective two. Results Across the study, screen time was negatively associated with express (b = − 0.068, 95%CI: -0.114, − 0.023) and comply (b = − 0.056; 95%CI: -0.094, − 0.018) scores and positively associated with disrupt scores (b = 0.004; 95% CI: 0.001, 0.006). Findings were similar for television/videos but less consistent for video/computer games. No associations were observed for physical activity. Screen time significantly tracked at moderate-high levels (β1 = 0.63; 95% CI: 0.45, 0.81), while all other behaviors tracked at moderate levels (β1 = 0.35–0.49; p < 0.01) over the three time-points. Conclusions Screen time was unfavorably associated with social skills across early childhood. Furthermore, all behaviors tracked at moderate to moderate-high levels from toddler to preschool ages. Therefore, promoting healthy physical activity and sedentary behavior patterns early in life, especially for screen time, may be important.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors are grateful to all the toddlers and parents who took part in the study. The authors would like to thank Alberta Health Services for facilitating recruitment, Dorah Conteh for her help with baseline project coordination and data collection, Morgan Potter for her help with follow-up recruitment and data collection, and Helena Lee for her help with data entry. Funding The research was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Institute of Human, Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH), the Heart and Stroke Foundation (Alberta), Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation through the Women & Children’s Health Research Institute (WCHRI), and Alberta Innovates Health Solutions (AIHS) Sustainability Fund. VC is supported by a CIHR New Investigator Salary Award. KDH is supported by an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (FT130100637) and an Honorary National Heart Foundation of Australia Future Leader Fellowship (100370). TH is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Early Career Fellowship (APP1070571). The funders had no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the paper; and in the decision to submit the paper for publication.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCarson, V., Lee, E., Hesketh, K. D., Hunter, S., Kuzik, N., Predy, M., … Hinkley, T. (2019). Physical activity and sedentary behavior across three time-points and associations with social skills in early childhood. BMC Public Health, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6381-xen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6381-x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/12373
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBMC Public Healthen_US
dc.subjectToddlers
dc.subjectPhysical activity
dc.subjectSedentary behavior
dc.subjectSocial skills
dc.subjectAccelerometer
dc.subject.departmentSchool of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
dc.titlePhysical activity and sedentary behavior across three time-points and associations with social skills in early childhooden_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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