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Article: Parenting style and cultural influences on overweight children's attraction to physical activity

TitleParenting style and cultural influences on overweight children's attraction to physical activity
Authors
KeywordsChildren's exercise
Chinese parenting
Overweight Chinese
Issue Date2007
PublisherNorth American Association for the Study of Obesity. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.obesityresearch.org
Citation
Obesity, 2007, v. 15 n. 9, p. 2293-2302 How to Cite?
AbstractObjective: To investigate the associations among parenting style, gender, Chinese culture, and overweight children's attraction to physical activity. Research Methods and Procedures: A total of 104 parents with overweight children were recruited from six primary schools in Hong Kong, China. Only overweight children in grades 3 through 6 (8 to 12 years of age) were invited to participate. Overweight children were defined and identified using the international cut-off points stratified by sex and age. Questionnaires were used to assess Children's Attraction to Physical Activity (CAPA), perceived competence, and parental socialization influences. Results: Parental influence, especially father's role modeling, was significantly related to attraction to physical activity in overweight Chinese children. Perceived physical competence was also an important correlate of an overweight child's attraction to physical activity. Gender differences in CAPA were not significant among the Chinese overweight children. However, gender differences were observed in the relationship between parent physical activity orientation and CAPA. Discussion: In addition to a child's perceived competence, father's role modeling can provide additional and significant influence with regard to overweight children's attraction to physical activity. Differences in cultural orientation toward body weight should be considered when explaining overweight children's physical activity. Copyright © 2007 NAASO.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/81465
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2023 Impact Factor: 4.2
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.586
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dc.contributor.authorLau, PWCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLee, Aen_HK
dc.contributor.authorRansdell, Len_HK
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dc.date.issued2007en_HK
dc.identifier.citationObesity, 2007, v. 15 n. 9, p. 2293-2302en_HK
dc.identifier.issn1930-7381en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/81465-
dc.description.abstractObjective: To investigate the associations among parenting style, gender, Chinese culture, and overweight children's attraction to physical activity. Research Methods and Procedures: A total of 104 parents with overweight children were recruited from six primary schools in Hong Kong, China. Only overweight children in grades 3 through 6 (8 to 12 years of age) were invited to participate. Overweight children were defined and identified using the international cut-off points stratified by sex and age. Questionnaires were used to assess Children's Attraction to Physical Activity (CAPA), perceived competence, and parental socialization influences. Results: Parental influence, especially father's role modeling, was significantly related to attraction to physical activity in overweight Chinese children. Perceived physical competence was also an important correlate of an overweight child's attraction to physical activity. Gender differences in CAPA were not significant among the Chinese overweight children. However, gender differences were observed in the relationship between parent physical activity orientation and CAPA. Discussion: In addition to a child's perceived competence, father's role modeling can provide additional and significant influence with regard to overweight children's attraction to physical activity. Differences in cultural orientation toward body weight should be considered when explaining overweight children's physical activity. Copyright © 2007 NAASO.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherNorth American Association for the Study of Obesity. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.obesityresearch.orgen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofObesityen_HK
dc.subjectChildren's exerciseen_HK
dc.subjectChinese parentingen_HK
dc.subjectOverweight Chineseen_HK
dc.titleParenting style and cultural influences on overweight children's attraction to physical activityen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailLee, A: amlee@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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