title: Project SHINE: effects of parent-adolescent communication on sedentary behavior in African American adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined parenting variables (communication, monitoring) as moderators of a family-based intervention for reducing sedentary behavior (SB) in African American adolescents. As a secondary aim, a similar model was tested using adolescent weight status as the outcome.
  
  
  METHODS
  African American adolescents (n = 73; 12.45 ± 1.45 years; 60% girls; 63% overweight/obese) and caregivers were randomized to a 6-week interactive, parent-based intervention or general health condition. Parent-adolescent communication and monitoring of health behaviors were self-reported by parents. Adolescent SB was self-reported by youth.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a significant intervention by communication interaction, such that intervention families with more positive communication showed lower adolescent SB than those with less positive communication or those in the comparison condition. No effects were found for monitoring on SB or for the model with weight status as the outcome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Parent-adolescent communication may be an effective component to integrate into health promotion programs for African American adolescents.
authors.affiliation: MA, Department of Psychology, Barnwell College, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA. sara.m.stgeorge@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sara M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: St George
authors.forename: Dawn K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Kassandra A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Alia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*; D050177:Overweight / Q000628:therapy*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D057185:Sedentary Behavior; D061217:Weight Reduction Programs / Q000379:methods
keywords: African American; adolescents; family-based intervention; parent–adolescent communication; sedentary behavior