Parental encouragement is positively associated with outdoor active play outside of school hours among 7-12 year olds.

ABSTRACT: Background. Physical activity is important for children's physical, mental, and social well-being. Outdoor active play is an important yet unstudied domain of children's physical activity. The objective of this study was to determine if parental encouragement is associated with the frequency that children engage in outdoor active play outside of school hours. Methods. Participants consisted of 514 children aged 7-12 years and one of their parents. Parents completed a survey that included four questions that assessed how frequently they used verbal cues to encourage their child to play outdoors. Points were assigned to each response and averaged across the 4 questions, and based on this average participants were assigned to quintiles. The survey included seven questions that asked parents t

SUBMITTER: Ferrao T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4671172 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature