IJERPH, Vol. 15, Pages 366: Parental Education and Pre-School Children ’s Objectively Measured Sedentary Time: The Role of Co-Participation in Physical Activity

IJERPH, Vol. 15, Pages 366: Parental Education and Pre-School Children’s Objectively Measured Sedentary Time: The Role of Co-Participation in Physical Activity International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph15020366 Authors: Suvi Määttä Carola Ray Henna Vepsäläinen Elviira Lehto Riikka Kaukonen Anna Ylönen Eva Roos Parental co-participation in physical activity (PA) may be a beneficial parenting practice for diminishing children’s sedentary time (ST). Less information is available, however, on the explanatory role of co-participation in PA regarding parental educational differences in children's ST. Preschool-aged children (N = 864, mean age 4.8, 52% boys) with their parents participated in a cross-sectional DAGIS (Increased Health and Wellbeing in Pre-schools) study between years 2015 and 2016. Children (N = 821) wore an accelerometer for one week. Parents were informed of their educational background, and the frequency of visits with their child in nature, to parks or playgrounds, their own yard, and indoor sport facilities (N = 808). Testing the associations required multiple regression analyses. Parents with a low educational background reported more frequent visits with their child to their own yard, and these visits were associated with children’s lower ST. More highly educated parents co-visited indoor sport facilities more frequently, although this did not have a significant association with ch...
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