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Family process and parent's leisure time physical activity
Hassan Soubhi1, Louise Potvin, Gilles Paradis
1Department of Family Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada. hassan.soubhi@umontreal.ca
Objective:
To examine relations between family environment and parent's leisure-time physical activity conceived as a system of interdependent variables (LTPA-specific variables) including family rules, support, and exercise activity.
Methods:
Family environment was described using site of residence and a family typology. Two-way MANCOVA on the LTPA-specific scores were conducted for 533 male and 603 female parents from a community sample.
Results:
Main effects for family type, site of residence, and a significant family type by site of residence interaction were found. There were gender-specific patterns of LTPA-specific scores.
Conclusion:
Different families may have different mechanisms of influence on physical activity habits.
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