Sentences with phrase «parental encouragement»

Additionally, there were some differences in the amount of parental encouragement and care for fitness reported by these two groups.

Why do many boys love guns and girls love dolls, without parental encouragement?

Unfortunately, without parental encouragement, a child may not acquire the sense of autonomy and initiative needed for further healthy development.

We hypothesized that perceived fathers» and mothers» encouragement for PA would positively predict adolescent PA and body satisfaction, and that greater adolescent PA would explain this relationship between parental encouragement for PA at age 15 and adolescent body satisfaction at age 16 [6, 8, 21].

After adjustment for baseline TV / video, race, and SES, there is an unexpected positive relationship between parental encouragement to be physically active and TV / video use among older males, while a negative relationship is seen among the younger females.

The purpose of this study was to longitudinally examine how parental encouragement to be physically active and parental concern about staying fit are associated with adolescents» MVPA and TV and video watching behaviors after five years.

Next, a 4 - step hierarchical regression analyses was used to test mediation [36] adjusting for adolescent BMI at study entry (age 15) to examine the contributions of adolescent PA as a mediator of the association between perceived parental encouragement for PA and adolescent body image satisfaction for the total sample.

The All - Party Parliamentary Literacy Group Commission says some boys find reading «nerdish» and receive less parental encouragement than girls.

[45] Findings from early studies on the familial origins of locus of control were summarized by Lefcourt: «Warmth, supportiveness and parental encouragement seem to be essential for development of an internal locus».

Lastly, findings from the present study indicate adolescent sex may moderate associations among parental encouragement for PA, adolescent PA, and body satisfaction; thus, future work should also consider examining the moderating effects of sex between same sex and opposite sex parents.

For example, both adolescent - and parent - reported parental encouragement of PA were positively associated with adolescent - reported PA and inversely associated with adolescent - reported time spent watching TV (McGuire, Hannan, Neumark - Sztainer, Crossrow, & Story, 2002).

Therefore, it is plausible that age and development of the child may also moderate the effect of parental encouragement for PA on body image through child PA; this requires further study.

Yet while such studies often look at the immediate consequences of parental encouragement for dieting, there may be longer consequences based on the findings of a study by Berge et al. (10.1542 / peds.2017 - 2955) being released this week in our journal.

This paper aims to longitudinally examine how parental encouragement to be physically active and parental concern about staying fit are associated with adolescents» physical activity and sedentary behavior habits five years later.

The purpose of the present study was to examine the extent to which perceived parental encouragement for PA at age 15 predicted adolescent body satisfaction at age 16, and whether adolescent PA at age 15 mediated this association.

The majority of these studies have found a positive relationship between parental encouragement to be physically active and adolescents» time spent engaging in physical activity and participation in organized sports [8 — 12].

Seventy - three percent got involved because of parental encouragement.

Parental encouragement and support fosters the natural resilience found in children as well as self - acceptance.

Now, researchers in the University of Missouri College of Human Environmental Sciences found stepchildren's views of former stepparents depended on emotional reactions to the divorce, patterns of support or resource exchanges, and parental encouragement or discouragement to continue step - relationships.

Why Attention Will Return to Non-School Factors Education Week, May 25, 2011 «When thinking about their own families, parents take it as a given that nonschool factors — good health, good food, emotional well - being, safety, stability, enrichment activities, positive peer influences, parental encouragement, and guidance — affect whether their children will thrive,» write Senior Lecturer Paul Reville and Columbia University Professor Jeffrey R. Henig.

The results of this study indicate that parental encouragement to be physically active can predict adolescents» physical activity habits, supporting previous evidence from the cross-sectional literature [8 — 12], including the review of correlates of physical activity among adolescents conducted by Sallis, et al. [8], and providing additional evidence to support Dowda, et al.'s recent findings that these may be lasting, long - term effects [13].

Our findings suggest that parental encouragement to be physically active is associated with increases in physical activity among some adolescents, and that encouragement to be active may be especially influential when coming from a same - sex parent.

Fewer studies have explained the relationship between parental encouragement and attitudes about fitness and the time adolescents spend engaging in sedentary behaviors.

The long - term role that parental encouragement and attitudes about fitness and exercise play in adolescents» physical activity and sedentary behavior habits remains unclear.

Parental encouragement to be active was associated with increased physical activity among males and younger females 5 years later.

Their study was also limited to a sample of girls and did not examine associations between body satisfaction and parental encouragement for PA behavior.

We also expected that parental encouragement would influence PA behavior of girls to a greater extent than boys, especially among same sex parent and child [26].

Therefore, the purposes of this study were to: (1) longitudinally assess whether adolescent PA at age 15 mediates the effect of parental encouragement for PA at age 15 for predicting adolescent body satisfaction at age 16, while controlling for body mass index (BMI), and (2) examine the extent that adolescent sex moderated the mediation of adolescent PA on the association between parental encouragement for PA and body satisfaction.

While previous research has found that PA and body satisfaction are positively associated [6, 40] and that parental encouragement for PA is associated with child PA [21 — 23], this is the first study to longitudinally examine the mediating influence of adolescent PA behavior on the association between parental encouragement for PA and adolescent body satisfaction one year later.

Collectively, our findings suggest that additional longitudinal research among adolescent boys and girls is needed examining different types of parental encouragement to better understand the influence of parental encouragement on adolescent PA, as well as the link with body satisfaction.

However, Davison and colleagues [16] multidimensional scale of parental encouragement for PA (Parent Activity Support Scale) may be a better method for capturing parental encouragement, but unfortunately it was not available at the time the present study was conceptualized.

Although parental expectations were not related to parenting style, parental beliefs were positively associated with both parental encouragement and parental monitoring — the two dimensions of authoritative parenting style.

Hierarchical multiple regression analyses, after controlling for family socioeconomic status (SES), revealed the substantial positive predictive effects of family SES, parental encouragement, parental expectations, and parental beliefs on children's school achievement.

Participants completed measures of their perception of parental encouragement for PA, PA behavior, body satisfaction, and height and weight to calculate BMI at age 15 and 16 (i.e., 10th and 11th grades).