Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 2 · Licensed source edition
Physical activity maintenance and increase in Chinese children and adolescents: the role of intrinsic motivation and parental support
Originally published 2023-07-31 · Frontiers in Public Health
Frontiers Media SA · DOI 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1175439 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Independence
Which activities does my child want to keep doing for their own reasons?
This article examines how parental support and a child’s own motivation relate to maintaining physical activity. The research links support at home to the confidence or motivation a young person brings to their own activities.
Who was studied?
Shanghai children and adolescents surveyed twice around the pandemic period.
Age / stage: Childhood and adolescence
Read with three questions
- What does the article establish about how parental support and a child’s own motivation relate to maintaining physical activity?
- Which measurements came first, and what changes between waves could also explain the pattern?
- How closely does the population described here match the family or setting you have in mind? The population to compare is shanghai children and adolescents surveyed twice around the pandemic period.
Keep the limits in view
Following families over time helps establish the order of measurements. Other changing experiences could still account for the associations.
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Yujie Liu; Xin Ge; Huilun Li; Erliang Zhang; Fan Hu; Yong Cai; Mi Xiang (2023). Physical activity maintenance and increase in Chinese children and adolescents: the role of intrinsic motivation and parental support Frontiers in Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1175439
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