Parental Education and Pre-School Children’s Objectively Measured Sedentary Time: The Role of Co-Participation in Physical Activity

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

卷:15

Henna Vepsäläinen¹  Anna Ylönen²  Eva Roos²  Suvi Määttä²  Carola Ray²  Riikka Kaukonen²  Elviira Lehto² 

[1] Department of Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki,00014 Helsinki, Finland;

[2] Samfundet Folkhälsan, Folkhälsan research Center, 00250 Helsinki, Finland;

关键词: children;    parents;    physical activity;    sedentary lifestyle;    mediation analysis;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph15020366

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Parental co-participation in physical activity (PA) may be a beneficial parenting practice for diminishing children’s sedentary time (ST). Less information is available, however, on the explanatory role of co-participation in PA regarding parental educational differences in children's ST. Preschool-aged children (N = 864, mean age 4.8, 52% boys) with their parents participated in a cross-sectional DAGIS (Increased Health and Wellbeing in Pre-schools) study between years 2015 and 2016. Children (N = 821) wore an accelerometer for one week. Parents were informed of their educational background, and the frequency of visits with their child in nature, to parks or playgrounds, their own yard, and indoor sport facilities (N = 808). Testing the associations required multiple regression analyses. Parents with a low educational background reported more frequent visits with their child to their own yard, and these visits were associated with children’s lower ST. More highly educated parents co-visited indoor sport facilities more frequently, although this did not have a significant association with children’s ST. More frequent visits in nature were associated with a lower ST at weekdays, regardless of educational background. Future health promotion strategies should inform parents that frequent co-participation in PA, for example, in one’s own yard, is beneficial for lowering children’s ST.

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