The Effect of Parental Involvement on Children's Physical Activity

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• 作者：Michael J. Rebold ; PhD ; CSCS¹ ; ² ; ^{mrebold@bloomu.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Andrew Lepp ; PhD² ; Mallory S. Kobak ; MS ; CSCS² ; John McDaniel ; PhD² ; Jacob E. Barkley ; PhD²
• 关键词：MET ; Metabolic equivalent ; VO2 mL· ; kg&minus ; 1· ; min&minus ; 1 ; Relative volume of oxygen consumed
• 刊名：The Journal of Pediatrics
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：170
• 期：Complete
• 页码：206-210
• 全文大小：199 K

文摘

To assess the amount, intensity, enjoyment, and preference of children's physical activity in a controlled gymnasium setting under 3 experimental, social conditions: alone, with a parent watching, and with a parent participating.

Study design

Children (n = 10 girls, 10 boys), 3-6 years old, along with 1 parent (n = 17 mothers, 3 fathers) per child participated in each social condition on separate days for 30 minutes in which they could choose from a variety of physical and/or sedentary activities.

Results

A greater number of accelerometer counts (P ≤ .02) were accumulated during the parent participating (109 523 ± 32 155 counts) condition than the alone (67 938 ± 37 857 counts) and parent watching (85 624 ± 44 985 counts) conditions. Counts during parent watching were also greater (P = .01) than alone. More time (P ≤ .008) was allocated to sedentary activities during the alone (16.2 ± 9.6 minutes) condition than parent watching (9.6 ± 9.3 minutes) and parent participating (3.8 ± 5.1 minutes). Children liked (P ≤ .02) the parent participating (9.9 ± 0.45 cm) condition more than alone (8.0 ± 2.72 cm) and parent watching (8.7 ± 1.52 cm). A greater (P < .001) proportion of children identified the parent participating (80%) as their preferred condition over either the parent watching (10%) or alone (10%) conditions.

Conclusions

Parental participation during physical activity (or at minimum direct supervision) may be an important component in the development of physical activity environments intended to maximize physical activity behavior in children.