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Parental correlates of physical activity in a racially/ethnically diverse adolescent sample.

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McGuire, MT; Hannan, PJ; Neumark-Sztainer, D; Cossrow, NHF; Story, M
Published in: J Adolesc Health
April 2002

PURPOSE: To evaluate relationships between parents' and adolescents' physical activity and television usage and whether these relationships differed among adolescents from different racial/ethnic backgrounds. METHODS: Adolescents and their parents were separately asked to report information about their eating, exercising, and weight-related behaviors. Among the 900 adolescents, 477 were girls and 423 were boys; 60% were in high school; 29% were white, 23% were black, 21% were Asian, 14% were Hispanic, and 13% were considered mixed or other race/ethnicity. RESULTS: Parents' reported encouragement was positively related to physical activity in white (r = 0.39; p <.001) and black boys (r = 0.26; p =.007), and girls (all race/ethnic groups combined: r = 0.15; p <.001). Parents' television time was positively related to television time in Hispanic boys (r = 0.40; p =.009) but negatively related to television time in black boys (r = -0.23; p =.036). Parents' concern about their own fitness was negatively related to television time in white girls (r = -0.19; p =.029) but positively related in black girls (r = 0.23; p =.030). CONCLUSION: This study found significant, although modest, relationships between parents' and adolescents' physical activity attitudes and behaviors. Many of these relationships differed by race/ethnicity. Results from the present and previous studies suggest that factors other than parents' behavior and support explain adolescents' physical activity behaviors.

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J Adolesc Health

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ISSN

1054-139X

Publication Date

April 2002

Volume

30

Issue

4

Start / End Page

253 / 261

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Television
  • Public Health
  • Parents
  • Parent-Child Relations
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Behavior
  • Female
  • Exercise
  • Ethnicity
 

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McGuire, M. T., Hannan, P. J., Neumark-Sztainer, D., Cossrow, N. H. F., & Story, M. (2002). Parental correlates of physical activity in a racially/ethnically diverse adolescent sample. J Adolesc Health, 30(4), 253–261. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1054-139x(01)00392-5
McGuire, Maureen T., Peter J. Hannan, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Nicole H Falkner Cossrow, and Mary Story. “Parental correlates of physical activity in a racially/ethnically diverse adolescent sample.J Adolesc Health 30, no. 4 (April 2002): 253–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1054-139x(01)00392-5.
McGuire MT, Hannan PJ, Neumark-Sztainer D, Cossrow NHF, Story M. Parental correlates of physical activity in a racially/ethnically diverse adolescent sample. J Adolesc Health. 2002 Apr;30(4):253–61.
McGuire, Maureen T., et al. “Parental correlates of physical activity in a racially/ethnically diverse adolescent sample.J Adolesc Health, vol. 30, no. 4, Apr. 2002, pp. 253–61. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s1054-139x(01)00392-5.
McGuire MT, Hannan PJ, Neumark-Sztainer D, Cossrow NHF, Story M. Parental correlates of physical activity in a racially/ethnically diverse adolescent sample. J Adolesc Health. 2002 Apr;30(4):253–261.
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Published In

J Adolesc Health

DOI

ISSN

1054-139X

Publication Date

April 2002

Volume

30

Issue

4

Start / End Page

253 / 261

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Television
  • Public Health
  • Parents
  • Parent-Child Relations
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Behavior
  • Female
  • Exercise
  • Ethnicity