Parental physical activity, safety perceptions and children's independent mobility
Parental physical activity, safety perceptions and children's independent mobility
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DOI：
10.1186/1471-2458-13-584
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发表时间：
2013-06-15
影响因子：
4.5
通讯作者：
Marques, Elisa A.
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作者：
Santos, Maria Paula;Pizarro, Andreia N.;Marques, Elisa A.
背景：父母可能对孩子的行为产生基本影响。目前缺乏关于父母身体活动和邻里环境感知与儿童独立行动能力之间关系的信息。本研究的目的是探讨父母身体活动和邻里安全感知对儿童独立行动能力的贡献。方法：在这项针对354名学生及其家长的横断面研究中，通过问卷调查的方式评估了独立行动能力、邻里安全感知和身体活动。分类主成分分析用于确定独立移动性和邻里安全项目感知的基本维度。结果：独立移动性最强的预测因素是父母对人行道和街道安全的感知（β = 0.132）。父母的身体活动也是一个重要的预测因素。最终模型解释了13.0%的方差。结论：父母对社区安全的看法和父母自我报告的身体活动可能与儿童的独立行动能力有关。需要对该主题进行进一步的研究来探索这种可能的关联。
Background: Parents are likely to be a basic influence on their children's behavior. There is an absence of information about the associations between parents' physical activity and perception of neighborhood environment with children's independent mobility.The purpose of this study is to examine the contribution of parental physical activity and perception of neighborhood safety to children's independent mobility.Methods: In this cross-sectional study of 354 pupils and their parents, independent mobility, perceptions of neighborhood safety and physical activity were evaluated by questionnaire. Categorical principal components analyses were used to determine the underlying dimensions of both independent mobility and perceptions of neighborhood safety items.Results: The strongest predictor of independent mobility was the parental perception of sidewalk and street safety (beta = 0.132). Parent's physical activity was also a significant predictor. The final model accounted for 13.0% of the variance.Conclusions: Parental perception of neighborhood safety and parents' self reported physical activity might be associated with children's independent mobility. Further research in this topic is needed to explore this possible association.