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Familial Environment and Overweight/Obese Adolescents’ Physical Activity Carbert, Nicole S.; Brussoni, Mariana; Geller, Josie; Mâsse, Louise C.

Abstract

(1) Background: Family environments can impact obesity risk among adolescents. Little is known about the mechanisms by which parents can influence obesity-related adolescent health behaviours and specifically how parenting practices (e.g., rules or routines) and/or their own health behaviours relate to their adolescent’s behaviours. The primary aim of the study explored, in a sample of overweight/obese adolescents, how parenting practices and/or parental modeling of physical activity (PA) behaviours relate to adolescents’ PA while examining the moderating role of parenting styles and family functioning. (2) Methods: A total of 172 parent-adolescent dyads completed surveys about their PA and wore an accelerometer for eight days to objectively measure PA. Parents completed questionnaires about their family functioning, parenting practices, and styles (authoritative and permissive). Path analysis was used for the analyses. (3) Results: More healthful PA parenting practices and parental modeling of PA were both associated with higher levels of adolescents’ self-reported moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). For accelerometer PA, more healthful PA parenting practices were associated with adolescents’ increased MVPA when parents used a more permissive parenting style. (4) Conclusions: This study suggests that parenting practices and parental modeling play a role in adolescent’s PA. The family’s emotional/relational context also warrants consideration since parenting style moderated these effects. This study emphasizes the importance of incorporating parenting styles into current familial interventions to improve their efficacy.

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Title
Familial Environment and Overweight/Obese Adolescents’ Physical Activity
Creator
Carbert, Nicole S.; Brussoni, Mariana; Geller, Josie; Mâsse, Louise C.
Contributor
Children's Hospital (Vancouver, B.C.). Research Institute; St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver, B.C.). Provincial Adult Tertiary Eating Disorders Program; B.C. Injury Research and Prevention Unit
Publisher
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Date Issued
2019-07-17
Description
(1) Background: Family environments can impact obesity risk among adolescents. Little is known about the mechanisms by which parents can influence obesity-related adolescent health behaviours and specifically how parenting practices (e.g., rules or routines) and/or their own health behaviours relate to their adolescent’s behaviours. The primary aim of the study explored, in a sample of overweight/obese adolescents, how parenting practices and/or parental modeling of physical activity (PA) behaviours relate to adolescents’ PA while examining the moderating role of parenting styles and family functioning. (2) Methods: A total of 172 parent-adolescent dyads completed surveys about their PA and wore an accelerometer for eight days to objectively measure PA. Parents completed questionnaires about their family functioning, parenting practices, and styles (authoritative and permissive). Path analysis was used for the analyses. (3) Results: More healthful PA parenting practices and parental modeling of PA were both associated with higher levels of adolescents’ self-reported moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). For accelerometer PA, more healthful PA parenting practices were associated with adolescents’ increased MVPA when parents used a more permissive parenting style. (4) Conclusions: This study suggests that parenting practices and parental modeling play a role in adolescent’s PA. The family’s emotional/relational context also warrants consideration since parenting style moderated these effects. This study emphasizes the importance of incorporating parenting styles into current familial interventions to improve their efficacy.
Subject
physical activity; family environment; adolescents; parenting practices; moderators; Children and youth (0-19)
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2019-07-26
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
CC BY 4.0
DOI
10.14288/1.0380188
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/71108
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Other UBC; Pediatrics, Department of; Population and Public Health (SPPH), School of; Psychiatry, Department of
Citation
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16 (14): 2558 (2019)
Publisher DOI
10.3390/ijerph16142558
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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