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Table 2 Responses by domain and dimension

From: What do US and Canadian parents do to encourage or discourage physical activity among their 5-12 Year old children?

 

Encourage (n = 649)

Discourage (n = 397)

Structure of the activity environment

236 (36.4)

154 (38.8)

 Monitoring

15 (2.3)

1 (0.3)

 Structure of the environment

221 (34.1)

153 (38.5)

Emotional support

183 (28.2)

15 (3.8)

 Expressing positive emotions

8 (1.2)

5 (1.3)

 Parental Encouragement

175 (27.0)

10 (2.5)

Parental control

32 (4.9)

113 (28.5)

 Lack of parental control

2 (0.3)

65 (16.4)

 Expressing negative emotions

6 (0.9)

8 (2.0)

 Pressure to be active

11 (1.7)

2 (0.5)

 Restriction

1 (0.2)

34 (8.6)

 Rewards and discipline

12 (1.9)

4 (1.0)

Informational support

50 (7.7)

50 (12.6)

 Modeling

21 (3.2)

49 (12.3)

 Teach/reason

29 (4.5)

1 (0.3)

Autonomy promotion

84 (12.9)

19 (4.8)

 Autonomy support

8 (1.2)

8 (2.0)

 Co-participation

76 (11.7)

11 (2.8)

Tangible support

64 (9.9)

46 (11.6)