ArticlePloS one2018
Parents' and adolescents' perception of traffic- and crime-related safety as correlates of independent mobility among Belgian adolescents.
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- Associations between parental perceptions of neighbourhood environment and physical activity in children and adolescents: a systematic review including 149 studies.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Pooled it
- Social-Ecological Correlates of Children's Independent Mobility: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Are sleep and breakfast behaviours predictors of active or independent commuting to school in Spanish youth?BMC public health · 2026Article
- Adaptation and validation of the neighbourhood environment walkability scale for German-speaking youth (NEWS-Y-G).BMC public health · 2026Article
- Stranger danger or good Samaritan? A cross-sectional study examining correlates of tolerance of risk in outdoor play among Canadian parents.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Associations of perceived neighbourhood and home environments with sedentary behaviour among adolescents in 14 countries: the IPEN adolescent cross sectional observational study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Observational
- Higher independent mobility to school among adolescents: A secondary analysis using cross-sectional data between 2010 and 2017 in Spanish youth.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2023Article
- Parent's sociodemographic factors, physical activity and active commuting are predictors of independent mobility to school.International journal of health geographics · 2021Article
- Neighbourhood speed limit and childhood obesity.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021Review
- Using mixed methods to understand women's parenting practices related to their child's outdoor play and physical activity among families living in diverse neighborhood environments.Health & place · 2020Article
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Abstract
The independent mobility (IM), defined as the freedom of young people to travel without adult supervision, has been related to the physical activity time, the acquisition of personal autonomy, to less intense fear of crime, and to a stronger feeling of being part of their community and other health and social benefits. The aims of this study were to compare parents' and adolescents' traffic- and crime-related safety perceptions of their neighborhood and to analyze the associations of these perceptions with adolescents' IM. A total of 291 adolescents and their parents completed the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS) questionnaire. Multilevel (two-level models: individual level-neighborhood level) regression analyses were conducted to examine whether the environmental perceptions differed between parents and adolescents and the association between the parental and adolescents' perception to the IM and the active independent mobility (AIM). Parents reported a more negative perception of traffic (except for amount and speed) and crime-related safety. Adolescents' environmental perceptions were not associated with their IM but parental perceptions of traffic- and crime-related safety were associated with IM and with active IM, although not all associations were in the expected direction. Future urban policy efforts should address environments where parents perceive sufficient levels of safety to increase the levels of IM in adolescents.
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