The relationship between socioeconomic status and organized sports participation among Chinese children and adolescents: the chain-mediated role of parental physical exercise and parental support.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the relationship between socioeconomic status and organized sports participation among children and adolescents, and to reveal the mediating role of parental physical exercise and parental support between socioeconomic status and participation in organized sports.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey of 1512 parents of children and adolescents in Shanghai was conducted via the socioeconomic status scale, physical activity rating scale, and parental support for children's sports training scale. Structural equation modeling was used to test the direct and mediating effects.

Results

(1) The direct effect of socioeconomic status on organized sports participation was significant (β = 0.184, P < 0.001) (2). The simple mediating effect of parental support wa

SUBMITTER: Zheng N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12105234 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature