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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2013 Dec;45(12):2369–2377. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31829d27de

Table 3.

Correlations (p-values) between factors of parent physical activity practices

Factor 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Controlling Practices
1 Rules around active play indoors
2 Rules around active play outdoors 0.372 (0.00)
3   Use of PA to reward/ control behavior 0.183 (0.00) 0.259 (0.00)
4 Limiting outdoor play due to weather 0.237 (0.00) 0.202 (0.00) −0.026 (0.66)
5 Limiting or monitoring screen time −0.042 (0.47) −0.094 (0.10) −0.030 (0.60) −0.157 (0.01)
6 Use of screen time to reward/control behavior 0.225 (0.00) 0.261 (0.00) 0.405 (0.00) 0.028 (0.63) −0.237 (0.00)
Supportive Practices
7 Explicit modeling and enjoyment of PA −0.139 (0.02) −0.138 (0.02) 0.174 (0.00) −0.220 (0.00) 0.322 (0.00) −0.167 (0.00)
8 Verbal encouragement for PA 0.035 (0.55) 0.023 (0.68) 0.343 (0.00) −0.113 (0.05) 0.081 (0.16) 0.090 (0.12) 0.398 (0.00)
9 Instrumental support for sports −0.088 (0.13) −0.188 (0.00) 0.049 (0.39) −0.130 (0.02) 0.073 (0.20) 0.079 (0.17) 0.176 (0.00) 0.184 (0.00)
10 Instrumental support for active play −0.194 (0.00) −0.132 (0.02) 0.113 (0.05) −0.251 (0.00) 0.308 (0.00) −0.220 (0.00) 0.524 (0.00) 0.299 (0.00) 0.193 (0.00)
11 Importance and value for PA −0.055 (0.33) −0.090 (0.12) 0.080 (0.17) −0.138 (0.02) 0.099 (0.08) −0.021 (0.72) 0.315 (0.00) 0.222 (0.00) 0.190 (0.00) 0.120 (0.04)
12 Other adults limit influence −0.045 (0.43) −0.149 (0.01) 0.028 (0.62) −0.055 (0.34) 0.281 (0.00) −0.209 (0.00) 0.282 (0.00) 0.095 (0.10) 0.070 (0.23) 0.241 (0.00) 0.117 (0.04)
13 Exposure to TV 0.004 (0.95) 0.063 (0.27) 0.039 (0.49) 0.179 (0.00) −0.533 (0.00) 0.131 (0.02) −0.238 (0.00) −0.043 (0.46) 0.015 (0.79) −0.265 (0.00) 0.072 (0.21) 0.146 (0.01)
14 Explicit modeling and enjoyment of screen time 0.063 (0.27) 0.131 (0.02) 0.074 (0.20) 0.252 (0.00) −0.548 (0.00) 0.321 (0.00) −0.337 (0.00) −0.068 (0.24) −0.125 (0.03) −0.239 (0.00) −0.066 (0.25) 0.164 (0.00) 0.422 (0.00)
15 Child Preference −0.004 (0.94) −0.053 (0.36) 0.177 (0.00) 0.009 (0.88) 0.165 (0.00) −0.273 (0.00) 0.307 (0.00) 0.235 (0.00) 0.075 (0.19) 0.279 (0.00) 0.299 (0.00) 0.351 (0.00) −0.100 (0.08) −0.196 (0.00)