Children's Perception of Parental Exercise: Influence of Sex and Age
- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 62 (2), 511-516
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1986.62.2.511
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to document children's perception of parental exercise, relating these perceptions to (1) the self-reported parents' habits of exercise, and (2) the children's own activity patterns. The subjects were 198 students of both sexes, aged 12 to 14 yr. and enrolled in school Grades 7 to 9. A standard questionnaire assessed their perceptions of parental and personal physical activity. Both parents of each subject also reported their respective levels of habitual physical activity. Congruence between the children's perceptions and the self-reported exercise habits of the opposite-sex parent differed for boys and girls, increasing for boys and decreasing for girls between Grades 7 and 9. No significant associations were observed between the children's perception of parental exercise patterns and their own like habits. This suggests that during adolescence parental influences are minimized by other factors, personal or environmental.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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