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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Phys Act Health. 2014 Dec 10;12(9):1238–1244. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2014-0126

Table 3.

Regression models predicting child MVPA from parent MVPA, moderated by parent encouragement and modeling of physical activity

Model 1
B
(SE) t p-value Model2
B
(SE) t p-value
Encouragement
 Step 1 (R2 = .093, p < .001) (R2 = .356, p < .001)
  Encouragement .129 (.041) 3.144 .002 .071 (.036) 1.961 .051
  Parent MVPA .225 (.041) 5.553 .000 .206 (.035) 5.900 .000
  Child age −.204 (.018) −11.178 .000
  Child gender −.338 (.052) −6.444 .000
  Child ethnicity .056 (.058) .971 .332
  Child BMI z-score −.032 (.025) −1.292 .197
  Parent gender −.053 (.072) −.733 .464
  Parent BMI −.004 (.004) −.826 .409
  Income −.023 (.026) −.886 .376
  Group (preserve) .043 (.064) .662 .508
 Step 2 (ΔR2 = .019, p = .003) (ΔR2 = .009, p = .017)
  Enc. × Parent MVPA −.150 (.051) −2.959 .003 −.107 (.044) −2.402 .017

Modeling
 Step 1 (R2 = .077, p < .001) (R2 = .354, p < .001)
  Modeling .073 (.047) 1.551 .122 .065 (.041) 1.602 .110
  Parent MVPA .216 (.042) 5.101 .000 .195 (.036) 5.406 .000
  Child age −.212 (.018) −11.765 .000
  Child gender −.345 (.053) −6.515 .000
  Child ethnicity .075 (.058) 1.287 .199
  Child BMI z-score −.025 (.025) −1.001 .318
  Parent gender −.076 (.072) −1.043 .298
  Parent BMI −.003 (.004) −.649 .517
  Income −.014 (.026) −.537 .592
  Group (preserve) .064 (.064) .999 .318
 Step 2 (ΔR2 = .011, p = .028) (ΔR2 = .003, p = .149)
  Modeling × Parent MVPA −.125 (.057) −2.199 .028 −.070 (.048) −1.444 .149

Moderate-to-vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA); Body Mass Index (BMI); Gender: 1 = boy, 2 = girl

Model 1 contained only predictor and moderator variables, grand mean centered; Model 2 adjusted for covariates