Table 5 Determinants of parental attitude about their child’s strength exercise behaviour and parental assent (whether or not they allowed their child to engage in strength exercises
From: Aerobic and strength exercises for youngsters aged 12 to 15: what do parents think?
General attitude about child’s strength exercises | Is your child allowed to participate in exercises with the emphasis on strength exercises? | |||||
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(N = 314) | ||||||
(N = 314) | ||||||
Determinant | r | β | CI (95 %) | r | β | CI (95 %) |
Age parent | -.11 | - | -.03 | - | ||
Age child | -.01 | - | .05 | - | ||
Gender parent (1 = M) | .06 | - | .02 | - | ||
Gender child (1 = M) | -.02 | - | .02 | - | ||
BMI parent | -.03 | - | -.002 | - | ||
BMI z-score child | -.16* | - | -.10 | - | ||
Parent exercise (minutes/week) (n = 192) | .13 | - | .13 | - | ||
Child exercise (minutes/week) (n = 232) | -.06 | - | -.03 | - | ||
Kind of exercise parent (n = 192)a | .25* | - | .21 | - | ||
Kind of exercise child (n = 232)a | -.06 | - | .02 | - | ||
Parental assent strength exercises child | .68** | NA | - | - | ||
Parental assent aerobic exercises child | .26** | .02 | -.08, .12 | .42** | .21** | .10, .24 |
Parental Attitudes about physical activity | ||||||
Attitude about parent physical activity | .24** | -.07 | -.27, .08 | .12 | - | |
Attitude about child physical activity | .15* | - | .10 | - | ||
Attitudes about strength exercises | ||||||
Attitude about parent strength exercises | .55** | .44** | .39, .64 | .32** | .12* | .04, .33 |
Attitude about child strength exercises | - | - | .68** | NA | ||
Possible | .30** | .07 | -.02, .11 | .30** | .09 | -.001, .16 |
Facilities | .14* | - | .16* | - | ||
Fit/strong | -.15 * | - | -.07 | - | ||
Worse/better | .20** | -.07 | -.21, .06 | .19* | - | |
Enjoyable | .40** | .13* | .02, .24 | .31** | .12* | .02, .29 |
Good | .23** | -.01 | -.13, .11 | .20** | .07 | -.11, .13 |
Allowed when wanted | .52** | .05 | −08, .18 | .55** | .19* | .06, .40 |
Encouraged when wanted | .65** | .37** | .20, .47 | .60** | .35** | .22, .57 |
Expectation | .42** | .003 | -.09, .09 | .29** | -.06 | -.18, .05 |
Attitudes about aerobic exercises | ||||||
Parental attitude about aerobic exercises | .24** | .005 | -.17, .18 | .12 | - | |
Child attitude about aerobic exercises | .21** | .12 | .01, .32 | .12 | - | |
Possible | -.07 | - | .003 | - | ||
Facilities | -.06 | - | .04 | - | ||
Fit/strong | .01 | - | .04 | - | ||
Worse/better | .10 | - | .11 | - | ||
Enjoyable | .10 | - | -.004 | - | ||
Good | .08 | - | .06 | - | ||
Allowed when wanted | .07 | - | .19* | - | ||
Encouraged when wanted | .07 | - | .15* | - | ||
Expectation | .06 | - | -.003 | - | ||
Adjusted R2 | .60 | .46 | ||||