Table 2.

Mean differences in physical activity and parenting practice variables by parenting style for boys and girls (Bristol, UK, 2008–2009).

	Girls			P-value	Boys			P-value
Authoritative mean (SD)	Authoritarian mean (SD)	Permissive mean (SD)	Authoritative mean (SD)	Authoritarian mean (SD)	Permissive mean (SD)
CPM	503.4 (158.3)	507.8 (152.0)	524.8 (134.2)	0.71	586.6 (181.7)	593.9 (161.3)	673.0 (210.3)	0.03B
MVPA	28.2 (12.6)	29.5 (12.2)	33.7 (12.2)	0.03B	40.3 (18.9)	42.2 (18.5)	44.8 (21.5)	0.42
Mother logistic support	3.3 (0.6)	2.7 (0.7)	3.5 (0.5)	< 0.01A,B,C	3.4 (0.6)	2.9 (0.8)	3.5 (0.5)	< 0.01A, C
Father logistic support	2.2 (0.6)	2.0 (0.6)	2.5 (0.5)	< 0.01A,B,C	2.5 (0.5)	2.2 (0.5)	2.5 (0.6)	< 0.01A, C
Mother modeling	3.2 (0.6)	2.5 (0.7)	3.6 (0.5)	< 0.01A,B,C	3.4 (0.5)	2.7 (0.7)	3.5 (0.6)	< 0.01A, C
Father modeling	2.4 (0.5)	2.1 (0.5)	2.7 (0.4)	< 0.01A,B,C	2.5 (0.5)	2.3 (0.5)	2.6 (0.5)	< 0.01A, C
General parenting support	3.3 (0.6)	2.9 (0.8)	3.4 (0.5)	< 0.01A,C	3.5 (0.7)	3.0 (0.7)	3.3 (0.7)	< 0.01A
Active parents	2.8 (0.8)	2.4 (0.9)	3.3 (0.8)	< 0.01A,B,C	2.9 (0.8)	2.7 (0.8)	3.0 (1.0)	0.02A
Past activity	2.2 (1.0)	2.2 (0.9)	2.1 (1.1)	0.53	2.2 (1.0)	2.3 (0.9)	2.1 (1.0)	0.24
Guiding support	2.6 (1.0)	2.4 (0.9)	2.2 (1.2)	0.05	2.6 (1.1)	2.5 (0.9)	2.4 (1.1)	0.46

See Table 1 for variable units and range.

A = authoritative vs. authoritarian, p < 0.05; B = authoritative vs. permissive, p < 0.05; C = authoritarian vs. permissive, p < 0.05.

(If p value is significant and no code, the main effect was p < 0.05 but none of the pairwise comparisons had p < 0.05.)