title: The Activity Support Scale for Multiple Groups (ACTS-MG): Child-reported Physical Activity Parenting in African American and Non-Hispanic White Families.
abstract: This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of a child-report, multidimensional measure of physical activity (PA) parenting, the Activity Support Scale for Multiple Groups (ACTS-MG), in African American and non-Hispanic white families. The ACTS-MG was administered to children aged 5 to 12 years. A three factor model of PA parenting (Modeling of PA, Logistic Support, and Restricting Access to Screen-based Activities) was tested separately for mother's and fathers' PA parenting. The proposed three-factor structure was supported in both racial groups for mothers' PA parenting and in the African American sample for fathers' PA parenting. Factorial invariance between racial groups was demonstrated for mother's PA parenting. Building on a previous study examining the ACTS-MG parent-report, this study supports the use of the ACTS-MG child-report for mothers' PA parenting. However, further research is required to investigate the measurement of fathers' PA parenting across racial groups.
authors.affiliation: a Harvard School of Public Health and Curtin University School of Psychology and Speech Pathology.
authors.forename: Amy M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lampard
authors.affiliation: b Yale University and Yale Institute for Network Science.
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nishi
authors.affiliation: c University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Monica L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Baskin
authors.affiliation: c University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Tiffany L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Carson
authors.affiliation: d Harvard School of Public Health.
authors.forename: Kirsten K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Davison
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D044465:White People
keywords: child; measurement; parent; physical activity; physical activity parenting