Associations of parental influences with physical activity and screen time among young children: a systematic review
Xu H, Wen LM, Rissel C
Journal of obesity · 287 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Systematic review (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- No health outcome
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
Based on full-text disclosure statement.
Publication
- Published
- 2015-01-01 · J Obes · vol. 2015 · pp. 1–23
- Publisher
- Hindawi Publishing Corporation
- Cited
- 473 citations · more than 99% of similar papers · 16.2× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 56 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Child Development and Digital Technology · Children's Physical and Motor Development · Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Keywords
- parental influence, physical activity, screen time, sedentary behavior, young children, parenting practices, parental role modeling, parental self-efficacy, parenting styles
- MeSH
- humans, body mass index, exercise, child behavior, parent-child relations, parenting, parents, time factors, video games, television, adult, child, child, preschool, female, male, pediatric obesity, sedentary behavior
3 authors
From AU, CN
- Huilan Xu · correspondingThe University of Sydney; Sydney Local Health District
- Li Ming WenTongji University; The University of Sydney; Sydney Local Health District
- Chris E. RisselThe University of Sydney
Abstract
Parents play a critical role in developing and shaping their children's physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviours, particularly in the early years of life. The aim of this systematic review is to identify current literature investigating associations of parental influences with both PA and screen time in young children. This systematic review was conducted in November 2013 using 6 electronic databases covering research literature from January 1998 to November 2013. Thirty articles that met inclusion criteria were identified. These studies covered five important aspects of parenting: (1) parenting practices; (2) parents' role modelling; (3) parental perceptions of children's PA and screen viewing behaviours; (4) parental self-efficacy; and (5) general parenting style. Findings suggest that parents' encouragement and support can increase children's PA, and reducing parents' own screen time can lead to decreased child screen time. Improving parenting practices, parental self-efficacy or changing parenting style may also be promising approaches to increasing PA time and decreasing screen time of young children.
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