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Links between Adolescents’ Engagement in Physical Activity and Their Attachment to Mothers, Fathers, and Peers

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  • Ausra Lisinskiene

    (Academy of Education, Vytautas Magnus University, 44248 Kaunas, Lithuania)

  • Vida Juskeliene

    (Institute of Hygiene Lithuania, 01128 Vilnius, Lithuania)

Abstract

Physical activity (PA) is one of the key components in promoting a healthy lifestyle in children. PA offers a number of health benefits to children and their families. However, a large proportion of children do not meet the current PA guidelines (at least 60 min of PA daily). The problem of insufficient PA could be explained in relation to early childhood when attachment between the child and the parent begins and family habits are formed. As a result, physical inactivity in adolescence is associated with negative health outcomes such as obesity, heart diseases, and cardiometabolic risk. Therefore, this study is aimed at examining the links between adolescents’ engagement in physical activity and their attachment to their mother, father, and peers (trust, communication, alienation) as well as their socio-economic status (SES). We applied a quantitative cross-sectional study design. A total of 835 students aged from 15 to 18 (females = 480 and males = 355, M age = 16.0, SD = 1.1) completed the questionnaire. This study revealed that physical activity had a weak positive correlation to mother (r = 0.13, p = 0.01) and father attachment (r = 0.18, p = 0.01), trust (r = 0.17, p = 0.01), and communication (r = 0.16, p = 0.01) with both parents and a weak negative correlation with father alienation (r = 0.13, p = 0.01). The overall study results show that adolescent communication to father, male gender, a younger age, and a higher SES are important factors in relation to adolescent physical activity.

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  • Ausra Lisinskiene & Vida Juskeliene, 2019. "Links between Adolescents’ Engagement in Physical Activity and Their Attachment to Mothers, Fathers, and Peers," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(5), pages 1-11, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:5:p:866-:d:212454
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    1. Magdalena Górnicka & Jadwiga Hamulka & Lidia Wadolowska & Joanna Kowalkowska & Eliza Kostyra & Marzena Tomaszewska & Jan Czeczelewski & Monika Bronkowska, 2020. "Activity–Inactivity Patterns, Screen Time, and Physical Activity: The Association with Overweight, Central Obesity and Muscle Strength in Polish Teenagers. Report from the ABC of Healthy Eating Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(21), pages 1-21, October.
    2. Ana Vilardell-Dávila & Gloria Martínez-Andrade & Miguel Klünder-Klünder & América Liliana Miranda-Lora & Eugenia Mendoza & Samuel Flores-Huerta & Jorge Eduardo Vargas-González & Ximena Duque & Jenny V, 2023. "A Multi-Component Educational Intervention for Addressing Levels of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors of Schoolchildren," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(4), pages 1-17, February.
    3. Albertas Skurvydas & Ausra Lisinskiene & Marc Lochbaum & Daiva Majauskiene & Dovile Valanciene & Ruta Dadeliene & Natalja Fatkulina & Asta Sarkauskiene, 2021. "Physical Activity, Stress, Depression, Emotional Intelligence, Logical Thinking, and Overall Health in a Large Lithuanian from October 2019 to June 2020: Age and Gender Differences Adult Sample," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(23), pages 1-16, December.

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