Associations between Parental and Friend Social Support and Children’s Physical Activity and Time Spent outside Playing
Joint Authors
Tsangaridou, Niki
Loucaides, Constantinos A.
Source
International Journal of Pediatrics
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-02-28
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The purpose of this study was to examine the structural validity of a parent and a child questionnaire that assessed parental and friends’ influences on children’s physical activity and investigate the associations between the derived factors, physical activity, and time spent outside.
Children (N=154, mean age = 11.7) and 144 of their parents completed questionnaires assessing parental and friends’ influences on children’s physical activity.
Children wore a pedometer for six days.
Exploratory factor analyses revealed four factors for the parental and five for the child’s questionnaire that explained 66.71% and 63.85% of the variance, respectively.
Five factors were significantly associated with physical activity and five significantly associated with time spent outside.
Higher correlations were revealed between “general friend support,” “friends’ activity norms,” and physical activity (r=0.343 and 0.333 resp., p<0.001) and between “general friend support” and time spent outside (r=0.460, p<0.001).
Obtaining information relating to parental and friends’ influences on physical activity from both parents and children may provide a more complete picture of influences.
Parents and friends seem to influence children’s physical activity behavior and time spent outside, but friends’ influences may have a stronger impact on children’s behaviors.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Loucaides, Constantinos A.& Tsangaridou, Niki. 2017. Associations between Parental and Friend Social Support and Children’s Physical Activity and Time Spent outside Playing. International Journal of Pediatrics،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1168711
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Loucaides, Constantinos A.& Tsangaridou, Niki. Associations between Parental and Friend Social Support and Children’s Physical Activity and Time Spent outside Playing. International Journal of Pediatrics No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1168711
American Medical Association (AMA)
Loucaides, Constantinos A.& Tsangaridou, Niki. Associations between Parental and Friend Social Support and Children’s Physical Activity and Time Spent outside Playing. International Journal of Pediatrics. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1168711
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1168711