Evaluating a model of parental influence on youth physical activity.

By Stewart G. Trost, James F. Sallis, R. Pate, Patty S. Freedson, W. Taylor, M. Dowda. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2003

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Parental Correlates of Physical Activity in Children and Early Adolescents (2006, background): “[48] US CS 380 children (mean age 14y, 45% Parents: questionnaire (PA, support for Parental PA behaviour, enjoyment of PA and”
Parent’s Social Support for Children’s Outdoor Physical Activity: Do Weekdays and Weekends Matter? (2007, background): “Of these various influences, parental provision of activity-related social support (e.g., encouragement, praise, perform activity with child) has demonstrated the most consistent relationship with increased activity levels of children (Beets, Vogel, Forlaw, Pitetti, & Cardinal, 2006; Brustad, 1993 ;”
Parental Social Support and the Physical Activity-Related Behaviors of Youth: A Review (2010, background): “Like informational support (see above), praise has usually been included within a summated scale or composite score of supportive behaviors, making it impossible to determine its unique influence on activity levels (e.g., Garcia, Pender, Antonakos, & Ronis, 1998; Trost et al., 2003a).”
Factors Influencing the Physically Active Leisure of Children and Youth: A Qualitative Study (2005, background): “Generally, the parental support children and adolescents received facilitated their involvement and the more support perceived, the higher the level of physically active leisure whether this was direct or indirect through its influence on self-efficacy (Trost et al., 2003).”