University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia.
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2010 Dec;34(6):578-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00617.x. Epub 2010 Nov 25.
The socio-ecological milieu of children's physical activity is changing, perhaps causing perturbations within the causal 'web' that explains physical activity behaviours. It is unclear if the relative importance of parental role modelling is changing. Accordingly, this study examined associations of child-perceived parent physical activity and children's sport participation in 1985 and 2004.
In 1985 (179 girls, 211 boys) and 2004 (210 girls, 218 boys), Australian schoolchildren (9-15 years) in the same eight schools were surveyed on sport participation and perceptions of parents' physical activity.
In the 1985 sample, girls with active fathers played more sport. In 2004, boys and girls with active fathers or active mothers reported higher sport participation. In 1985, there were no differences in sport participation between those with both, either or neither parent active. In 2004, sport participation was highest among boys and girls with both parents active.
These results underscore the current role of parents as socialising agents for physical activity.
Intervention design should be founded on the most recent evidence of children's physical activity correlates.
儿童身体活动的社会-生态环境正在发生变化，这可能导致解释身体活动行为的因果“网络”内出现波动。目前尚不清楚父母榜样作用的相对重要性是否正在发生变化。因此，本研究调查了儿童感知到的父母身体活动与儿童在 1985 年和 2004 年的运动参与之间的关联。
在 1985 年（179 名女孩，211 名男孩）和 2004 年（210 名女孩，218 名男孩），来自同一八所学校的澳大利亚学龄儿童（9-15 岁）接受了关于运动参与和对父母身体活动的看法的调查。
在 1985 年的样本中，父亲活跃的女孩参与的运动更多。2004 年，父亲或母亲活跃的男孩和女孩报告了更高的运动参与度。在 1985 年，父母双方都不活跃的孩子与父母双方都活跃的孩子在运动参与度上没有差异。在 2004 年，运动参与度最高的是父母双方都活跃的男孩和女孩。
这些结果强调了父母作为身体活动的社会化代理人的当前作用。
干预设计应基于儿童身体活动相关性的最新证据。
