Parental Influence on Child and Adolescent Physical Activity Level: A Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Parents are often regarded as one of the significant social agents who are important to the participation of physical activity (PA) among children and adolescents. However, within the literature, the relationships between parental influences and child and adolescent PA have been inconclusive and discordant. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to quantify and synthesize the associations between parental social influences (positive parental influence, punishment, and discouragement) and the PA level of children and adolescents. Through a systematic literature search using PsycINFO, Web of Science, PubMed, ProQuest, and SPORTDiscus databases, we identified 112 eligible studies and subsequently extracted 741 effect sizes for our analysis. Multilevel meta-analysis showed that the corrected ze

SUBMITTER: Su DLY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9778652 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature