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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2009 Nov 26;70(4):518–525. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.061

Table 1. Means (SD) for parent and child measures at each time of assessment.

Girls' Age
MEASURES Scale range 9 11 13 15
Parents' support of girls' PA
 Encouragement of PA for weight loss 0-3 0.40 (.60) 0.49 (.65) 0.59 (.72) 0.57 (.69)
 Modeling of PA 0-3 1.56 (.48) 1.49 (.55) 1.41 (.56) 1.28 (.54)
 Logistic support for PA 0-3 2.00 (.59) 2.11 (.57) 1.96 (.64) 1.81 (.70)
Girls' outcome measures
 Weight concerns 0-4 .38 (.34) .72 (.60) 1.11 (.78) 1.34 (.90)
 BMI NA 18.5 (3.4) 20.0 (4.0) 21.4 (4.5) 22.3 (4.4)
 MVPA (average mins/day) 0+ 35.9 (14.8) 26.3 (15.1)

PA = physical activity; MVPA = moderate to vigorous physical activity; Modeling of PA and logistic support for PA are general measures of parental encouragement of PA that do not focus on weight loss.