Associations between daily physical activity and family supportive factors for school-aged children

LI Yijia; ZHAO Hanhua; GAO Ying

doi:10.11852/zgetbjzz2024-0818

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Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2025, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (5) : 503-507. DOI: 10.11852/zgetbjzz2024-0818

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Associations between daily physical activity and family supportive factors for school-aged children

LI Yijia, ZHAO Hanhua, GAO Ying

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Objective To assess the level of daily physical activity, and associations between daily physical activity and family supportive factors for school-aged children, in order to provide a reference for promoting children's physical activity. Methods From April to June 2024, a total of 88 school-aged children aged 8 - 12 years were recruited from an elementary school in Hangzhou, with the average age of (10.72±0.96) years old. Among them, 57(64.8%) were boys. All the participants wore triaxial accelerometers for 7 consecutive days to collect data on sleep, sedentary behavior , low-intensity physical activity (LPA), and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). The Physical Activity Parenting Questionnaire for Children (PAP-C) was used to assess children's self-perceived family supportive factors, including parental autonomy support, parental involvement, and parental physical activity structure. Multiple linear regression analysis was conducted to examine the associations between physical activity and family supportive factors. Results The average daily sleep duration of school-aged children was (9.28±0.71) hours, sedentary time was (10.12±1.19) hours, LPA was (2.99±0.86) hours, and MVPA was (1.61±0.57) hours. Overall, family supportive factors were significantly associated with MVPA time in school-aged children (P<0.05), but not with sleep duration or SB time (P>0.05). Gender-specific analysis revealed that parental autonomy support scores were positively correlated with MVPA time in boys (β＝0.281, P<0.05), while parental physical activity structure scores were negatively correlated with LPA time in girls (β＝-0.760, P<0.05). Conclusions School-aged children generally exhibit prolonged sedentary time and relatively high levels of physical activity. Family supportive factors are closely related to MVPA in school-aged children. Future efforts should emphasize the influence of family supportive environments on the physical activity of school-aged children.

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physical activity / sedentary behavior / school-aged children / family supportive factors

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LI Yijia, ZHAO Hanhua, GAO Ying. Associations between daily physical activity and family supportive factors for school-aged children[J]. Chinese Journal of Child Health Care. 2025, 33(5): 503-507 https://doi.org/10.11852/zgetbjzz2024-0818

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