The role of identity in parental support for physical activity and healthy eating among overweight and obese children.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Parental support behaviors are established predictors of children's physical activity and healthy eating. However, little is known about predictors of these parental support behaviors. Identity (i.e. a component of the self-concept) has been hypothesized to be an influential construct that may be associated with a variety of behavioral antecedents and behavior itself. Specifically, research suggests healthy eating or physical activity parental support affective attitude may predict parental identity, and that identity may predict support behavior directly and indirectly through support self-regulation (e.g. planning). Thus, this study expands on past literature by exploring these antecedents and outcomes of parental identity in the context of parental support for physi

SUBMITTER: Lithopoulos A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8114343 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature