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SynthesisThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2015

Parental correlates in child and adolescent physical activity: a meta-analysis.

Christopher A Yao, Ryan E Rhodes

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Synthesis in The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 238 papers, 16 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

238 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Social exercise interventions for children who have complex developmental needs: A systematic review.Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community · 2025
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  8. Parental Influence on Child and Adolescent Physical Activity Level: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  13. Parental and Peer Support are Associated with Physical Activity in Adolescents: Evidence from 74 Countries.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  14. Association between parent and child physical activity: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020
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  20. Efficacy of a Universal Weight Stigma Intervention on the Quality of Parent-Child Conversations About Weight.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Christopher A YaoExercise Science, Physical and Health Education, University of Victoria, PO Box 3010 STN CSC, Victoria, V8W 3N4, Canada. cayao@uvic.ca.
Ryan E RhodesExercise Science, Physical and Health Education, University of Victoria, PO Box 3010 STN CSC, Victoria, V8W 3N4, Canada. rhodes@uvic.ca.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivePhysical activity (PA) has a profound impact on health and development in children. Parental behaviors (i.e., modeling and support) represent an obvious important factor in child PA. The purpose of this paper was to provide a comprehensive meta-analysis that overcomes the limitations of prior narrative reviews and quantitative reviews with small samples.

methodsTen major databases were used in the literature search. One-hundred and fifteen studies passed the eligibility criteria. Both fixed and random effects models with correction for sampling and measurement error were examined in the analysis. Moderator analyses investigating the effects of child's developmental age, study design, parental gender, measurement of child PA, and quality rating were performed.

resultsBased on the random effects model, the results showed that parental modeling was weakly associated with child PA (summary r = .16, 95% CI .09-.24) and none of the proposed moderators were significant. Separate analyses examining the moderating effects of parental gender and boys' PA found that that father-son PA modeling (r = .29, 95% CI .21-.36) was significantly higher compared to mother-son PA (r = .19, 95% CI .14-.23; p < .05). However, parental gender did not moderate the relationship between parental modeling and girls' PA (p > .05). The random effects model indicated an overall moderate effect size for the parental support and child PA relationship (summary r = .38, 95% CI .30-.46). Here, the only significant moderating variable was the measurement of child PA (objective: r = .20, 95% CI .13-.26; reported: r = .46, 95% CI .37-.55; p < .01).

conclusionsParental support and modeling relate to child PA, yet our results revealed a significant degree of heterogeneity among the studies that could not be explained well by our proposed moderators.

Indexed as

Adolescent BehaviorChild BehaviorExerciseHealth BehaviorParentingParentsSocial SupportAdolescentChildFemaleHumansMaleMotor Activity

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PMID25890040
PMCPMC4363182

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