title: Family process and parent's leisure time physical activity.
abstract: 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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Different families may have different mechanisms of influence on physical activity habits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada. hassan.soubhi@umontreal.ca
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soubhi
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Potvin
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paradis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015444:Exercise; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011792:Quebec; D011998:Recreation