Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between parenting style and adolescent girls’ physical activity
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Understanding the influences on physical activity is crucial, particularly among important target groups such as adolescent girls. This study describes cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between parenting style and girls’...
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Understanding the influences on physical activity is crucial, particularly among important target groups such as adolescent girls. This study describes cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between parenting style and girls’ participation in organized sport, walking/cycling trips and objectively assessed moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA).</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Data were collected from adolescent girls (n=222) and their parents in 2004 and again in 2006. Parents self-reported their demographic characteristics and parenting style. Girls self-reported their organized sport participation and weekly walking/cycling trips, while MVPA was assessed using accelerometers. Linear regression and interaction analyses were performed. Interactions between socio-demographic factors and parenting style with organized sport, walking/cycling trips and MVPA are presented.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>There were cross-sectional associations between authoritative (B=−0.45, p=0.042) and indulgent (B=−0.56, p=0.002) parenting and the number of walking/cycling trips, and authoritarian (B=0.27, p=0.033) parenting and frequency of organized sport. Significant interactions included those between: family status, authoritative parenting and daily (p=0.048) and week day (p=0.013) MVPA; education, indulgent parenting and MVPA on weekend days (p=0.006); and, employment, authoritarian parenting and duration and frequency of organized sport (p=0.004), highlighting the complexity of these relationships. Longitudinal analyses revealed significant decreases in organized sport and MVPA, significant increases in walking/cycling trips and no significant associations between parenting and physical activity.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Parenting styles appear to influence walking and cycling trips among adolescent girls, though not physical activity within other domains. Socio-demographic characteristics interact with the relationships between parenting and physical activity. While these findings can inform the development of family-based interventions to improve child and adolescent health, the direction of the observed associations and the number of associations approaching significance suggest the need to further explore this area.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-99eaa9553d7d454ab823223e2094cb6a2022-12-22T01:07:51ZengBMCInternational Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity1479-58682012-12-019114110.1186/1479-5868-9-141Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between parenting style and adolescent girls’ physical activitySaunders JulieHume ClareTimperio AnnaSalmon Jo<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Understanding the influences on physical activity is crucial, particularly among important target groups such as adolescent girls. This study describes cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between parenting style and girls’ participation in organized sport, walking/cycling trips and objectively assessed moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA).</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Data were collected from adolescent girls (n=222) and their parents in 2004 and again in 2006. Parents self-reported their demographic characteristics and parenting style. Girls self-reported their organized sport participation and weekly walking/cycling trips, while MVPA was assessed using accelerometers. Linear regression and interaction analyses were performed. Interactions between socio-demographic factors and parenting style with organized sport, walking/cycling trips and MVPA are presented.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>There were cross-sectional associations between authoritative (B=−0.45, p=0.042) and indulgent (B=−0.56, p=0.002) parenting and the number of walking/cycling trips, and authoritarian (B=0.27, p=0.033) parenting and frequency of organized sport. Significant interactions included those between: family status, authoritative parenting and daily (p=0.048) and week day (p=0.013) MVPA; education, indulgent parenting and MVPA on weekend days (p=0.006); and, employment, authoritarian parenting and duration and frequency of organized sport (p=0.004), highlighting the complexity of these relationships. Longitudinal analyses revealed significant decreases in organized sport and MVPA, significant increases in walking/cycling trips and no significant associations between parenting and physical activity.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Parenting styles appear to influence walking and cycling trips among adolescent girls, though not physical activity within other domains. Socio-demographic characteristics interact with the relationships between parenting and physical activity. While these findings can inform the development of family-based interventions to improve child and adolescent health, the direction of the observed associations and the number of associations approaching significance suggest the need to further explore this area.</p>http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/9/1/141Parental influencesFamily environmentAdolescents’ Physical activity |
| spellingShingle | Saunders Julie Hume Clare Timperio Anna Salmon Jo Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between parenting style and adolescent girls’ physical activity International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Parental influences Family environment Adolescents’ Physical activity |
| title | Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between parenting style and adolescent girls’ physical activity |
| title_full | Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between parenting style and adolescent girls’ physical activity |
| title_fullStr | Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between parenting style and adolescent girls’ physical activity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between parenting style and adolescent girls’ physical activity |
| title_short | Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between parenting style and adolescent girls’ physical activity |
| title_sort | cross sectional and longitudinal associations between parenting style and adolescent girls physical activity |
| topic | Parental influences Family environment Adolescents’ Physical activity |
| url | http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/9/1/141 |
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