Parental correlates in child and adolescent physical activity: a meta-analysis

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dc.contributor.authorYao, Christopher A
dc.contributor.authorRhodes, Ryan E.
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-22T23:05:53Z
dc.date.available2015-07-22T23:05:53Z
dc.date.copyright2015en_US
dc.date.issued2015-02-11
dc.descriptionBioMed Centralen_US
dc.description.abstractObjective: Physical activity (PA) has a profound impact on health and development in children. Parental behaviors (i.e., modeling and support) represent an obvious important factor in child PA. The purpose of this paper was to provide a comprehensive meta-analysis that overcomes the limitations of prior narrative reviews and quantitative reviews with small samples. Methods: Ten major databases were used in the literature search. One-hundred and fifteen studies passed the eligibility criteria. Both fixed and random effects models with correction for sampling and measurement error were examined in the analysis. Moderator analyses investigating the effects of child’s developmental age, study design, parental gender, measurement of child PA, and quality rating were performed. Results: Based on the random effects model, the results showed that parental modeling was weakly associated with child PA (summary r = .16, 95% CI .09-.24) and none of the proposed moderators were significant. Separate analyses examining the moderating effects of parental gender and boys’ PA found that that father-son PA modeling (r = .29, 95% CI .21-.36) was significantly higher compared to mother-son PA (r = .19, 95% CI .14-.23; p < .05). However, parental gender did not moderate the relationship between parental modeling and girls’ PA (p > .05). The random effects model indicated an overall moderate effect size for the parental support and child PA relationship (summary r = .38, 95% CI .30-.46). Here, the only significant moderating variable was the measurement of child PA (objective: r = .20, 95% CI .13-.26; reported: r = .46, 95% CI .37-.55; p < .01). Conclusions: Parental support and modeling relate to child PA, yet our results revealed a significant degree of heterogeneity among the studies that could not be explained well by our proposed moderators.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.identifier.citationYao and Rhodes: Parental correlates in child and adolescent physical activity: a meta-analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (2015) 12:10en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12966-015-0163-y
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ijbnpa.org/content/12/1/10
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/6360
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activityen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectPreschool
dc.subjectChildhood
dc.subjectAdolescence
dc.subjectPhysical activity
dc.subjectParental support
dc.subjectParental role modeling
dc.subjectParental behaviours
dc.subjectMeta-analysis
dc.subjectReview
dc.subject.departmentSchool of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
dc.titleParental correlates in child and adolescent physical activity: a meta-analysisen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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