Resumen de Sociocultural Correlates of Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents: Findings From the Danish Arm of the European Youth Heart Study
Alison M. McMinn, Esther M.F. van Sluijs, Niels Wedderkopp
Cross-sectional associations between sociocultural factors and objectively-measured physical activity in a sample of 397 children (aged 9) and 213 adolescents (aged 15) were investigated. Associations with children�s physical activity were found for mothers� physical activity (ß = 80, p < .01), parental participation (ß = 67, p = .01), mother�s age (ß=-8, p < .01) and, in girls, fathers� physical activity (ß=73, p = .045; R2 for final model: 10.6%). No sociocultural factors were significantly associated with adolescents� physical activity. Parental factors might be important targets for interventions to increase children�s physical activity but other factors may have greater influence. For adolescents� physical activity, factors from other domains may be more important to target.
