Parental and peer support and modelling in relation to domain-specific physical activity participation in boys and girls from Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical activity (PA) as a precondition of child development is related with social environmental correlates. However, domain-specific PA and gender issues have been neglected in studies on social support and modelling and PA in school-aged children. The aim of this study was to assess the relationships of parental and peer modelling and social support with domain-specific PA participation in a large sample of school-aged children, taking gender into account.

Methods

3,505 school children aged 6 to 17 years old participated in the German nationwide 'MoMo' cohort-study. By using the MoMo-PAQ the participants and their parents provided self-report data on perceived social support and social modelling and domain-specific PA participation. Relationships of social env

SUBMITTER: Reimers AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6821055 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature