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Parental Education and Pre-School Children’s Objectively Measured Sedentary Time: The Role of Co-Participation in Physical Activity

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  • Suvi Määttä

    (Samfundet Folkhälsan, Folkhälsan research Center, 00250 Helsinki, Finland)

  • Carola Ray

    (Samfundet Folkhälsan, Folkhälsan research Center, 00250 Helsinki, Finland)

  • Henna Vepsäläinen

    (Department of Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki,00014 Helsinki, Finland)

  • Elviira Lehto

    (Samfundet Folkhälsan, Folkhälsan research Center, 00250 Helsinki, Finland)

  • Riikka Kaukonen

    (Samfundet Folkhälsan, Folkhälsan research Center, 00250 Helsinki, Finland)

  • Anna Ylönen

    (Samfundet Folkhälsan, Folkhälsan research Center, 00250 Helsinki, Finland)

  • Eva Roos

    (Samfundet Folkhälsan, Folkhälsan research Center, 00250 Helsinki, Finland
    Department of Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki,00014 Helsinki, Finland
    Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Clinicum, 00014 Helsinki, Finland)

Abstract

Parental co-participation in physical activity (PA) may be a beneficial parenting practice for diminishing children’s sedentary time (ST). Less information is available, however, on the explanatory role of co-participation in PA regarding parental educational differences in children's ST. Preschool-aged children (N = 864, mean age 4.8, 52% boys) with their parents participated in a cross-sectional DAGIS (Increased Health and Wellbeing in Pre-schools) study between years 2015 and 2016. Children (N = 821) wore an accelerometer for one week. Parents were informed of their educational background, and the frequency of visits with their child in nature, to parks or playgrounds, their own yard, and indoor sport facilities (N = 808). Testing the associations required multiple regression analyses. Parents with a low educational background reported more frequent visits with their child to their own yard, and these visits were associated with children’s lower ST. More highly educated parents co-visited indoor sport facilities more frequently, although this did not have a significant association with children’s ST. More frequent visits in nature were associated with a lower ST at weekdays, regardless of educational background. Future health promotion strategies should inform parents that frequent co-participation in PA, for example, in one’s own yard, is beneficial for lowering children’s ST.

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  • Suvi Määttä & Carola Ray & Henna Vepsäläinen & Elviira Lehto & Riikka Kaukonen & Anna Ylönen & Eva Roos, 2018. "Parental Education and Pre-School Children’s Objectively Measured Sedentary Time: The Role of Co-Participation in Physical Activity," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(2), pages 1-14, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:15:y:2018:i:2:p:366-:d:132479
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    1. Jasmine Gustafsson & Ann Ojala & Pauliina Hiltunen & Elina Engberg & Annika Wiklund-Engblom & Nea Törnwall & Eva Roos & Carola Ray, 2021. "Parental Mental Well-Being and Frequency of Adult-Child Nature Visits: The Mediating Roles of Parents’ Perceived Barriers," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(13), pages 1-12, June.
    2. Elina Hasanen & Henriikka Koivukoski & Lauri Kortelainen & Hanna Vehmas & Arja Sääkslahti, 2021. "Sociodemographic Correlates of Parental Co-Participation in Digital Media Use and Physical Play of Preschool-Age Children," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(11), pages 1-19, May.

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