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All in the Family: Promoting Family Function Through Physical Activity

Physical Activity | Family Functioning

While the primary aim is to improve family functioning via child moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and parent-child co-physical activity (PA), the proposed driver of these outcomes is parental support of child PA. Most theoretical models applied to understand parental support in family interventions have been social cognitive in nature, where intention is considered the proximal antecedent to behavior, it is not surprising that past approaches in family PA promotion center heavily on the antecedents of intention such as attitudes and perceived control. Nevertheless, a low correlation between intention and behavior in parental support of child PA has been demonstrated Thus, there is a need to continue to improve the effectiveness of family-based interventions in ways to sustain initial behavioral changes. Family-based promotion initiatives are also very timely because parents and children represent low activity groups

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Participation Requirements

  • Sex:

    ALL

  • Eligible Ages:

    6 to 12

Participation Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Participants will be at least one parent with at least one child between the ages of 6 and 10 years.

Families (parents and/or guardians and children) residing in Canada. Children that participate in \<60 minutes/day of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA

Exclusion Criteria:

If child is meeting the current physical activity guidelines \>=60 minutes a day of moderate to vigorous physical activity per day.

If participant does not pass Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PARQ)

Study Location

University of Victoria
University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada

Contact Study Team

Primary Contact

Ryan RHODES

[email protected]
Backup Contact

Sandy Courtnall

[email protected]
Study Sponsored By
University of Victoria
Participants Required
More Information
Study ID: NCT06098716