Table 3.
Correlations between physical activity parenting practices and children’s physical activity preference, knowledge, screen-time and outdoor play
| Variable | Child iPad activity | Parental report | Parental report hours outside play | Parental report hours screen-time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child PA preference score (Pre-FPQ) | Child PA knowledge Score (Pre-FPQ) | Child PA preference (parent Questionnaire) | last 5 weekday | last weekend | Total hours | Last 5 weekdays | Last weekend | Total hours | |
| Controlling factors | |||||||||
| Rules around active play indoors | −0.092 | − 0.123 | − 0.020 | − 0.020 | − 0.071 | − 0.06 | −0.032 | − 0.076 | −0.05 |
| Rules around active play outdoors | −0.179* | − 0.094 | − 0.287*** | −0.159 | − 0.063 | −0.12 | 0.12* | 0.195* | .28*** |
| Use of PA to reward/control behaviour | 0.034 | 0.025 | 0.165 | 0.031 | 0.122 | 0.012 | −0.11 | − 0.104 | − 0.08 |
| Limiting or monitoring screen-time | − 0.078 | 0.058 | 0.021 | 0.033 | −0.125 | −0.05 | −.49*** | −.49*** | −.49*** |
| Limiting outdoor play due to weather | −0.026 | − 0.050 | − 0.060 | −.229** | −0.141 | − 0.145 | 0.08 | 0.059 | 0.13 |
| Use of screen-time to reward/control child behaviour | −0.026 | − 0.050 | − 0.060* | −.229* | − 0.141 | − 0.145 | 0.08 | 0.059 | 0.13 |
| Promoting factors | |||||||||
| Explicit modelling and enjoyment of PA | −0.077 | 0.050 | 0.228** | 0.165 | 0.096 | 0.166 | −.16 | −.342*** | −.26** |
| Verbal Encouragement | 0.020 | 0.096 | 0.074 | 0.124 | 0.081 | 0.129 | −0.02 | − 0.099 | − 0.13 |
| Instrumental support for sport | − 0.070 | 0.057 | 0.119 | 0.093 | 0.070 | 0.100 | −0.12 | −.208** | −.21** |
| Instrumental support for active play | −0.068 | −0.007 | 0.211** | 0.24** | 0.27* | .220* | 0.06 | −0.131 | −0.01 |
| Importance and value physical activity | − 0.052 | 0.021 | .301*** | −0.041 | 0.017 | −0.023 | − 0.12 | −.198** | −.24** |
| Support/reinforcement from other adults | 0.020 | 0.064 | .233*** | .234** | .198** | .260** | −.230** | −.303*** | −.23** |
| Exposure to TV | 0.035 | −0.155 | −0.027 | −.191* | 0.011 | −0.138 | 0.44*** | 0.450*** | .57*** |
| Explicit modelling and enjoyment of screen-time | −0.389 | − 0.041 | − 0.170 | −.345*** | 0.154 | −.33*** | 0.30*** | 0.411*** | .40*** |
| Dependent variables | |||||||||
| Child PA preference (Pre-FPQ) | – | – | – | 0.047 | .240** | 0.135 | −0.09 | 0.01 | −0.04 |
| Child PA knowledge (Pre-FPQ) | 0.096 | – | – | 0.101 | 0.099 | 0.119 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.06 |
| Child PA preference (parental questionnaire) | 0.029 | 0.097 | – | 0.174 | 0.117 | .180* | −0.02 | −.214** | − 0.15 |
*p < 0.05 ** p < 0.01 *** p < 0.001