Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure (CIAFEL), Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Plácido Costa 91, Porto 4200-450, Portugal.
BMC Public Health. 2013 Jun 15;13:584. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-584.
Parents are likely to be a basic influence on their children's behavior. There is an absence of information about the associations between parents' physical activity and perception of neighborhood environment with children's independent mobility.The purpose of this study is to examine the contribution of parental physical activity and perception of neighborhood safety to children's independent mobility.
In this cross-sectional study of 354 pupils and their parents, independent mobility, perceptions of neighborhood safety and physical activity were evaluated by questionnaire. Categorical principal components analyses were used to determine the underlying dimensions of both independent mobility and perceptions of neighborhood safety items.
The strongest predictor of independent mobility was the parental perception of sidewalk and street safety (beta = 0.132). Parent's physical activity was also a significant predictor. The final model accounted for 13.0% of the variance.
Parental perception of neighborhood safety and parents' self reported physical activity might be associated with children's independent mobility. Further research in this topic is needed to explore this possible association.
父母可能是孩子行为的基本影响因素。目前缺乏关于父母身体活动和对邻里环境感知与孩子独立出行能力之间关联的信息。本研究旨在探讨父母身体活动和对邻里安全的感知对孩子独立出行能力的贡献。
在这项对 354 名学生及其家长的横断面研究中，通过问卷评估了独立出行能力、邻里安全感知和身体活动情况。采用分类主成分分析确定了独立出行能力和邻里安全感知项目的潜在维度。
独立出行能力的最强预测因素是父母对人行道和街道安全的感知（β=0.132）。父母的身体活动也是一个重要的预测因素。最终模型解释了 13.0%的方差。
父母对邻里安全的感知和父母自我报告的身体活动可能与孩子的独立出行能力有关。需要进一步研究这一主题，以探索这种可能的关联。
