Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
Korea Institute of Sport Science, Seoul 01794, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Oct 28;17(21):7917. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17217917.
This study examined the relationship between children's flourishing and socioecological factors, including individual and family characteristics. A total of 45,309 children were drawn from the 2011-2012 National Survey of Children's Health in the US (mean age = 13.6 years; male: 51.28%). An ordinary least square (OLS) regression was performed to examine the association between socioecological variables and flourishing. This study assessed children's individual needs (such as health, education, and emotional and behavioral development), their parents' parenting capacity (the ability to provide basic care and safety), and family factors (presence of community resources and family income). Children's individual characteristics, parent's capacities, and family functions were found to be significantly associated with children's flourishing. In conclusion, multilevel socioecological factors appeared to be associated with children's flourishing. Hence, parents' involvement in their children's physical activities, as well as family and social support, is crucial for children's flourishing. This study makes a significant contribution to the literature as research is lacking a correlation between socioecological factors and children's flourishing; in particular, very few studies have explored or investigated the manner by which children's socioecological health indicators and factors are associated with their flourishing.
本研究考察了儿童繁荣与社会生态因素之间的关系，包括个人和家庭特征。本研究共纳入了 2011-2012 年美国全国儿童健康调查中的 45309 名儿童（平均年龄=13.6 岁；男性：51.28%）。采用普通最小二乘法（OLS）回归分析社会生态变量与繁荣之间的关系。本研究评估了儿童的个体需求（如健康、教育、情感和行为发展）、父母的育儿能力（提供基本照顾和安全的能力）以及家庭因素（社区资源和家庭收入的存在）。儿童的个体特征、父母的能力和家庭功能与儿童的繁荣显著相关。总之，多层次的社会生态因素似乎与儿童的繁荣有关。因此，父母参与孩子的体育活动以及家庭和社会支持对孩子的繁荣至关重要。本研究对文献做出了重要贡献，因为目前缺乏社会生态因素与儿童繁荣之间的相关性研究；特别是，很少有研究探讨或调查儿童社会生态健康指标和因素与他们的繁荣之间的关联方式。
