Measuring the Physical Activity Practices Used by Parents of Preschool Children

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• Alternative Title:
  Med Sci Sports Exerc
• Personal Author:
  Vaughn, Amber ; Hales, Derek ; Ward, Dianne S.
• Description:
  Methods
  
  A sample of 324 parents with 2–5 year old children from central North Carolina completed a series of questionnaires, including this newly developed survey of physical activity parenting practices. Child physical activity was assessed by ActiGraph (GT3X) accelerometers and parent report. Exploratory factor analysis was used to identify physical activity parenting practice constructs, and Pearson correlations were used to explore relationships between constructs and child physical activity.
  
  Results
  
  Fourteen parent practices used to either control or support children’s physical activity or screen time were identified. Limits on screen time (r=−0.44), use of screen time to control behavior (r=0.23), exposure to TV (r=0.33), and parent modeling of physical activity (r=0.37) were all significantly associated with children’s TV viewing. Use of physical activity to control child behavior was significantly associated with time spent outside (r=0.15) and minutes of moderate or vigorous physical activity (r=0.16). Several supportive practices were associated with time outside (+) and TV time (−).
  
  Conclusions
  
  Results provide support for this new measure of physical activity parenting practices and identify several practices that are clearly associated with child physical activity.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Actigraphy Adult Article Child, Preschool Child Behavior Factor Analysis, Statistical Female Humans Male Motor Activity Parent-Child Relations Parenting Psychometrics Questionnaires Sedentary Lifestyle

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• Source:
  Med Sci Sports Exerc. 45(12):2369-2377.
• Pubmed ID:
  23715430
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3833950
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  1R01HL091093/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States ; DK056350/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States ; P30 DK056350/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States ; R01 HL091093/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States ; U48-DP001944/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina
• Volume:
  45
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ba559b73a70c3df128cd2c3160b861f727f52767c5cc36236a03d8e6957356c9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/29781/cdc_29781_DS1.pdf
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