title: Linking Parental Influences and Youth Participation in Physical Activity In- and Out-of-school: The Mediating Role of Self-efficacy and Enjoyment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Parents influence their children's behavior. We examined parental influence on youth participation in physical activity (PA) in- and out-of-school, directly and/or indirectly, via self-efficacy beliefs and enjoyment of PA.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional analyses using self-reported data from 595 youth (Mage = 13.4 years).
  
  
  RESULTS
  A path model linking youth perceptions of parental support and parental control to their participation in PA indirectly via self-efficacy beliefs and enjoyment of PA provided good fit to the data: χ(2)(7) = 27.63; RMSEA = .07 [90%CI = .04, .10]; CFI = .98; SRMR = .04. Perceived parental control was negatively associated with youth self-efficacy beliefs (β = -.12, p = .01) and enjoyment of PA (β = -.15, p = .01). Perceived tangible parental support was positively associated with self-efficacy beliefs (β = .28, p < .01) and enjoyment of PA (β = .13, p < .01), and perceived intangible parental support was positively associated with enjoyment of PA (β = .18, p = .04). Self-efficacy beliefs and enjoyment of PA were positively associated with participation in PA in- and out-of-school (β = .11-.27, p ≤ .01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interventions targeting parents to promote PA warrant investigation.
authors.affiliation: University of Ottawa, School of Human Kinetics, Ottawa, ON Canada.
authors.forename: Erin K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Wing
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC Canada.
authors.forename: Mathieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bélanger
authors.affiliation: University of Ottawa, School of Human Kinetics, Ottawa, ON Canada. Jennifer.brunet@uottawa.ca.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brunet
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D057181:Pleasure; D012574:Schools; D020377:Self Efficacy