Katzenelenbogen Ophir, Bar-Kalifa Eran, Dunton Genevieve Fridlund
Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California.
J Fam Psychol. 2025 Feb;39(1):77-86. doi: 10.1037/fam0001284. Epub 2024 Dec 5.
Maintaining adequate levels of physical activity is challenging for many children. Parents, particularly mothers, play a pivotal role in children's engagement in health behaviors. This longitudinal study investigated the moderating role of maternal physical activity-related modeling behaviors on the typical age-related decline in children's physical activity. A total of six waves of 1-week ecological momentary assessments were conducted with mother-child dyads ( = 202) of 8- to 12-year-old children. The results indicated that both maternal physical activity and physical activity in the presence of their child attenuated the typical decline in the children's physical activity over time. These findings underscore the importance of maternal physical activity-related behaviors in shaping children's physical activity habits over time. The discussion centers on the need to further explore the mechanisms underlying these moderation effects and outlines implications for interventions targeting children's physical activity. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).
对许多儿童来说，保持足够的身体活动水平具有挑战性。父母，尤其是母亲，在孩子参与健康行为方面起着关键作用。这项纵向研究调查了母亲与身体活动相关的示范行为对儿童身体活动随年龄增长的典型下降的调节作用。对8至12岁儿童的202对母子进行了总共六轮为期1周的生态瞬时评估。结果表明，母亲的身体活动以及在孩子面前进行的身体活动都减弱了儿童身体活动随时间的典型下降。这些发现强调了母亲与身体活动相关的行为在长期塑造儿童身体活动习惯方面的重要性。讨论集中在进一步探索这些调节效应背后机制的必要性，并概述了针对儿童身体活动的干预措施的意义。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2025美国心理学会，保留所有权利）
