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Published on: September 19, 2011
Nonresident African-American fathers' influence on sons' exercise intentions in the fathers and sons program
Purpose:
To test the effects of a family-centered intervention for enhancing intentions to exercise among African-American boys with nonresident fathers.
Design:
Quasi-experimental, intervention study.
Setting:
Two Midwestern cities.
Subjects:
A total of 287 nonresident African-American fathers and their 8- to 12-year-old sons (n = 158 intervention dyads; n = 129 comparison dyads).
Intervention:
The Fathers and Sons Program is a 15-session family-based intervention focused on promoting the health of African-American boys by enhancing the parenting attitudes and behaviors of their nonresident fathers and positively influencing parent-child interactions.
Measures:
Demographic information and intervention outcomes were assessed at baseline and follow-up via self-report.
Analysis:
Descriptive statistics, logistic regression, and structural equation modeling.
Results:
The intervention was successful in improving the exercise intentions of boys (B = .246; p = .005; B = .210; p = .012). The effect was not direct; increasing contact between fathers and sons (B = .154; p = .001), enhancing the quality of their relationship (B = .366; p < .001), and improving fathers' own intentions to exercise (B = .265; p = .001) were mediating factors.
Conclusion:
Interventions aimed at improving exercise intentions among African-American boys with nonresident fathers should focus on relational factors.
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