Parental support of the Canadian 24-hour movement guidelines for children and youth: prevalence and correlates.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To explore the prevalence of parental support for meeting the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth, identify key interactive support profiles among the four movement behaviors, and investigate subsequent sociodemographic and social cognitive correlates of these profiles.

Methods

A sample of Canadian parents (N = 1208) with children aged 5 to 17 years completed measures of the theory of planned behavior (TPB), and support of the four child movement behaviors via questionnaire. Differences in the proportion of parents supporting these four health behaviors were explored and demographic and social cognitive (attitude and perceived control) correlates of combinations of parental support for the four health behaviors were evaluated.

Results

SUBMITTER: Rhodes RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6816147 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature