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Family predictors of physical activity change during the COVID-19 lockdown in preschool children in Germany
The COVID-19 pandemic is associated with crucial changes in children’s daily life including their physical activity (PA) and screen time (ST). Among preschool children, the family represents an important factor for sufficient PA levels by being the gatekeeper for PA. Thus, the aim of this study was...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9759046/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36527573 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10865-022-00382-7 |
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author | Beck, Franziska Schmidt, Steffen C. E. Woll, Alexander Reimers, Anne K. |
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description | The COVID-19 pandemic is associated with crucial changes in children’s daily life including their physical activity (PA) and screen time (ST). Among preschool children, the family represents an important factor for sufficient PA levels by being the gatekeeper for PA. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the influence of the family environment, specifically SES, parental support, and having siblings on COVID-19-related changes of PA and ST behavior in 317 (170 boys, 147 girls) German preschool children using longitudinal data. Our results indicate a decline in total amount of sports-related PA, an increase in outdoor play, as well as an increase in leisure ST in preschool children. The changes in total amount of PA differed between children with different levels of parental support as well as in dependence on having siblings. Furthermore, levels of outdoor play and ST in preschool children were influenced by environmental factors like having access to their own garden. We conclude that the family environment (parental support as well as physical environment) is highly relevant for PA and ST levels in preschool children. To provide every child with PA opportunities during potential future lockdowns, restriction policies should be adapted and parents need sophisticated information about the importance of their support and thus the PA levels of their children. |
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spelling | pubmed-97590462022-12-19 Family predictors of physical activity change during the COVID-19 lockdown in preschool children in Germany Beck, Franziska Schmidt, Steffen C. E. Woll, Alexander Reimers, Anne K. J Behav Med Article The COVID-19 pandemic is associated with crucial changes in children’s daily life including their physical activity (PA) and screen time (ST). Among preschool children, the family represents an important factor for sufficient PA levels by being the gatekeeper for PA. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the influence of the family environment, specifically SES, parental support, and having siblings on COVID-19-related changes of PA and ST behavior in 317 (170 boys, 147 girls) German preschool children using longitudinal data. Our results indicate a decline in total amount of sports-related PA, an increase in outdoor play, as well as an increase in leisure ST in preschool children. The changes in total amount of PA differed between children with different levels of parental support as well as in dependence on having siblings. Furthermore, levels of outdoor play and ST in preschool children were influenced by environmental factors like having access to their own garden. We conclude that the family environment (parental support as well as physical environment) is highly relevant for PA and ST levels in preschool children. To provide every child with PA opportunities during potential future lockdowns, restriction policies should be adapted and parents need sophisticated information about the importance of their support and thus the PA levels of their children. Springer US 2022-12-17 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC9759046/ /pubmed/36527573 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10865-022-00382-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Beck, Franziska Schmidt, Steffen C. E. Woll, Alexander Reimers, Anne K. Family predictors of physical activity change during the COVID-19 lockdown in preschool children in Germany |
title | Family predictors of physical activity change during the COVID-19 lockdown in preschool children in Germany |
title_full | Family predictors of physical activity change during the COVID-19 lockdown in preschool children in Germany |
title_fullStr | Family predictors of physical activity change during the COVID-19 lockdown in preschool children in Germany |
title_full_unstemmed | Family predictors of physical activity change during the COVID-19 lockdown in preschool children in Germany |
title_short | Family predictors of physical activity change during the COVID-19 lockdown in preschool children in Germany |
title_sort | family predictors of physical activity change during the covid-19 lockdown in preschool children in germany |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9759046/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36527573 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10865-022-00382-7 |
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