Are the correlates of sport participation similar to those of screen time?
Objective: To explore longitudinal and cross-sectional correlates of sport participation and screen time in a nationally representative sample of Australian children. Methods: The sample included 3956 child participants taken from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Data were collected in...
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| description | Objective: To explore longitudinal and cross-sectional correlates of sport participation and screen time in a nationally representative sample of Australian children.
Methods: The sample included 3956 child participants taken from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Data were collected in 2004 (age range = 4–5 years) and 2012 (age range = 12–13 years) and included parental estimates of sport participation and total screen time (electronic gaming and television viewing) in addition to demographic, socioeconomic and environmental factors.
Results: Sport participation and total screen time were inversely correlated (r = −.10). Child demographics (sex, pubertal status, general health, and body mass index [BMI]), socioeconomic (neighborhood socioeconomic position, household income, parental education, and parental BMI) and environmental (neighborhood belonging, neighborhood safety, and neighborhood facilities) factors were related to both outcomes — in most cases a positive [negative] correlation with sport participation yielded a corresponding negative [positive] correlation with total screen time.
Conclusion: Our findings show that demographic, socioeconomic and environmental factors measured at age 4 predict sport participation and screen time at age 12, and that the correlates of childhood sport participation and childhood sedentary behavior may be more similar than previously estimated. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-54f31abf5bec49d0b5d78f2cc71b7ba52022-12-22T03:21:14ZengElsevierPreventive Medicine Reports2211-33552015-01-012C11411710.1016/j.pmedr.2015.02.002Are the correlates of sport participation similar to those of screen time?Mark S. Allen0Stewart A. Vella1School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong 2522, NSW, AustraliaEarly Start Research Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong 2522, NSW, AustraliaObjective: To explore longitudinal and cross-sectional correlates of sport participation and screen time in a nationally representative sample of Australian children. Methods: The sample included 3956 child participants taken from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Data were collected in 2004 (age range = 4–5 years) and 2012 (age range = 12–13 years) and included parental estimates of sport participation and total screen time (electronic gaming and television viewing) in addition to demographic, socioeconomic and environmental factors. Results: Sport participation and total screen time were inversely correlated (r = −.10). Child demographics (sex, pubertal status, general health, and body mass index [BMI]), socioeconomic (neighborhood socioeconomic position, household income, parental education, and parental BMI) and environmental (neighborhood belonging, neighborhood safety, and neighborhood facilities) factors were related to both outcomes — in most cases a positive [negative] correlation with sport participation yielded a corresponding negative [positive] correlation with total screen time. Conclusion: Our findings show that demographic, socioeconomic and environmental factors measured at age 4 predict sport participation and screen time at age 12, and that the correlates of childhood sport participation and childhood sedentary behavior may be more similar than previously estimated.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335515000121Sedentary behaviorExerciseSocioeconomic statusScreen timeTelevision viewing and electronic gaming |
| spellingShingle | Mark S. Allen Stewart A. Vella Are the correlates of sport participation similar to those of screen time? Preventive Medicine Reports Sedentary behavior Exercise Socioeconomic status Screen time Television viewing and electronic gaming |
| title | Are the correlates of sport participation similar to those of screen time? |
| title_full | Are the correlates of sport participation similar to those of screen time? |
| title_fullStr | Are the correlates of sport participation similar to those of screen time? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Are the correlates of sport participation similar to those of screen time? |
| title_short | Are the correlates of sport participation similar to those of screen time? |
| title_sort | are the correlates of sport participation similar to those of screen time |
| topic | Sedentary behavior Exercise Socioeconomic status Screen time Television viewing and electronic gaming |
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