Preschool children’s preferences for sedentary activity relates to parent’s restrictive rules around active outdoor play

Wiseman, Nicola; Harris, Neil; Downes, Martin

doi:10.1186/s12889-019-7235-x

Table 3 Correlations between physical activity parenting practices and children’s physical activity preference, knowledge, screen-time and outdoor play

From: Preschool children’s preferences for sedentary activity relates to parent’s restrictive rules around active outdoor play

Variable	Child iPad activity		Parental report	Parental report hours outside play			Parental report hours screen-time
Variable	Child PA preference score (Pre-FPQ)	Child PA knowledge Score (Pre-FPQ)	Child PA preference (parent Questionnaire)	last 5 weekday	last weekend	Total hours	Last 5 weekdays	Last weekend	Total hours
Controlling factors
Rules around active play indoors	−0.092	− 0.123	− 0.020	− 0.020	− 0.071	− 0.06	−0.032	− 0.076	−0.05
Rules around active play outdoors	−0.179^*	− 0.094	− 0.287^***	−0.159	− 0.063	−0.12	0.12^*	0.195^*	.28^***
Use of PA to reward/control behaviour	0.034	0.025	0.165	0.031	0.122	0.012	−0.11	− 0.104	− 0.08
Limiting or monitoring screen-time	− 0.078	0.058	0.021	0.033	−0.125	−0.05	−.49^***	−.49^***	−.49^***
Limiting outdoor play due to weather	−0.026	− 0.050	− 0.060	−.229^**	−0.141	− 0.145	0.08	0.059	0.13
Use of screen-time to reward/control child behaviour	−0.026	− 0.050	− 0.060^*	−.229^*	− 0.141	− 0.145	0.08	0.059	0.13
Promoting factors
Explicit modelling and enjoyment of PA	−0.077	0.050	0.228^**	0.165	0.096	0.166	−.16	−.342^***	−.26^**
Verbal Encouragement	0.020	0.096	0.074	0.124	0.081	0.129	−0.02	− 0.099	− 0.13
Instrumental support for sport	− 0.070	0.057	0.119	0.093	0.070	0.100	−0.12	−.208^**	−.21^**
Instrumental support for active play	−0.068	−0.007	0.211^**	0.24^**	0.27^*	.220^*	0.06	−0.131	−0.01
Importance and value physical activity	− 0.052	0.021	.301^***	−0.041	0.017	−0.023	− 0.12	−.198^**	−.24^**
Support/reinforcement from other adults	0.020	0.064	.233^***	.234^**	.198^**	.260^**	−.230^**	−.303^***	−.23^**
Exposure to TV	0.035	−0.155	−0.027	−.191^*	0.011	−0.138	0.44^***	0.450^***	.57^***
Explicit modelling and enjoyment of screen-time	−0.389	− 0.041	− 0.170	−.345^***	0.154	−.33^***	0.30^***	0.411^***	.40^***
Dependent variables
Child PA preference (Pre-FPQ)	–	–	–	0.047	.240^**	0.135	−0.09	0.01	−0.04
Child PA knowledge (Pre-FPQ)	0.096	–	–	0.101	0.099	0.119	0.06	0.01	0.06
Child PA preference (parental questionnaire)	0.029	0.097	–	0.174	0.117	.180^*	−0.02	−.214^**	− 0.15

^*p < 0.05 ^** p < 0.01 ^*** p < 0.001

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