Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
J Sci Med Sport. 2010 Nov;13(6):589-96. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2010.04.002. Epub 2010 Jul 2.
Child overweight and obesity continues to be a global public health concern. The aim of this study was to investigate whether children's actual and perceived physical competence and parental perception's of their child's competence differ by weight status. Understanding these differences is important because physical activity levels are significantly lower among overweight children than their lean counterparts and children's motivation to participate in physical activity is influenced by their perceived and actual competence and their parents perceptions of their competence. Cross-sectional data were collected from 1414 9- and 11-year-old children and their parents from 20 primary schools in New South Wales, Australia. Outcomes measured included child and parental perceptions of physical competence and children's actual physical competence. Parents of overweight boys perceived them to be significantly less competent than parents of non-overweight boys. For 11-year-old girls, parent's perception of their daughter's ability to run (mean diff=1.06 [95% CI 0.73, 1.40]), jump (mean diff=0.54 [95% CI 0.15, 0.93]) and leap (mean diff=0.78 [95% CI 0.41, 1.17]) was lower among parents of overweight children. Overweight children also reported lower perceived physical competence than non-overweight children. 9- and 11-year-old overweight boys had lower actual physical competence than non-overweight boys (mean diff=1.32 [95% CI 0.29, 2.35]; mean diff=1.26 [95% CI 0.37, 2.15], respectively). Overweight 11-year-old girls had lower actual competence than non-overweight 11-year-old girls (mean diff=1.14 [95% CI 0.70, 2.12]). This study highlighted several differences between overweight and non-overweight children. Better understanding these differences at different stages of development may lead to identifying more specific and appropriate intervention points to promote physical activity in overweight children.
儿童超重和肥胖仍然是一个全球性的公共卫生问题。本研究旨在探讨儿童的实际和感知身体能力以及父母对孩子能力的看法是否因体重状况而异。了解这些差异很重要，因为超重儿童的身体活动水平明显低于瘦儿童，而儿童参与身体活动的动机受到他们的感知和实际能力以及父母对他们能力的看法的影响。本研究从澳大利亚新南威尔士州 20 所小学的 1414 名 9 岁和 11 岁儿童及其父母收集了横断面数据。测量的结果包括儿童和父母对身体能力的感知以及儿童的实际身体能力。超重男孩的父母认为他们的孩子能力明显低于非超重男孩的父母。对于 11 岁女孩，父母对女儿跑步（平均差异=1.06 [95%置信区间 0.73，1.40]）、跳跃（平均差异=0.54 [95%置信区间 0.15，0.93]）和跳跃（平均差异=0.78 [95%置信区间 0.41，1.17]）的能力的看法较低，而超重儿童的父母。超重儿童的自我感知身体能力也低于非超重儿童。9 岁和 11 岁超重男孩的实际身体能力低于非超重男孩（平均差异=1.32 [95%置信区间 0.29，2.35]；平均差异=1.26 [95%置信区间 0.37，2.15]）。超重 11 岁女孩的实际能力低于非超重 11 岁女孩（平均差异=1.14 [95%置信区间 0.70，2.12]）。本研究强调了超重和非超重儿童之间的几个差异。在不同的发育阶段更好地了解这些差异，可能会发现更具体和适当的干预点，以促进超重儿童的身体活动。
