Moderators of the longitudinal relationship between the perceived physical environment and outside play in children: the KOALA birth cohort study

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Carel Thijs⁵  Stef PJ Kremers³  Dick Ettema¹  Sanne de Vries²  Swantje Schmidt⁵  Jessica Gubbels³  Dave Van Kann⁴  Teun Remmers⁵ 

[1] Department of Social Geography, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands;The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Hague, The Netherlands;Maastricht University (Medical Center+), NUTRIM School for Nutrition, Toxicology and Metabolism, Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht, The Netherlands;Maastricht University (Medical Center+), CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht, The Netherlands;Maastricht University (Medical Center+), CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht, 6200MD, The Netherlands

关键词: Social environment;    Parenting;    Physical activity;    Perceived physical environment;    Interaction;    Moderation;   

Others  :  1146173
DOI  :  10.1186/s12966-014-0150-8

 received in 2014-09-10, accepted in 2014-11-25,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Objectives

Promoting unstructured outside play is a promising vehicle to increase children’s physical activity (PA). This study investigates if factors of the social environment moderate the relationship between the perceived physical environment and outside play.

Study design

1875 parents from the KOALA Birth Cohort Study reported on their child’s outside play around age five years, and 1516 parents around age seven years. Linear mixed model analyses were performed to evaluate (moderating) relationships among factors of the social environment (parenting influences and social capital), the perceived physical environment, and outside play at age five and seven. Season was entered as a random factor in these analyses.

Results

Accessibility of PA facilities, positive parental attitude towards PA and social capital were associated with more outside play, while parental concern and restriction of screen time were related with less outside play. We found two significant interactions; both involving parent perceived responsibility towards child PA participation.

Conclusion

Although we found a limited number of interactions, this study demonstrated that the impact of the perceived physical environment may differ across levels of parent responsibility.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Remmers et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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