scholarly journals The Feasibility and Challenges of Conducting Online Research to Examine Movement Behavior in Parents and Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Q. Scott-Andrews ◽  
Alison L. Miller ◽  
Thomas J. Templin ◽  
Rebecca E. Hasson ◽  
Leah E. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Perceived Competence ◽  
Movement Behavior ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Online Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Motor Competence ◽  
Recruitment Methods ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Parent Child

The global pandemic of COVID-19 shifted the methodology of this research project. The purpose of this perspective article is to discuss the feasibility and challenges of converting an in-person mixed methods study that examined associations among and beliefs about physical activity, motor competence, and perceived competence to an online format with parents and children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recruitment was conducted through a University research registry, social media, and public listservs. All correspondence with participants was through email and secure platforms. Physical activity was assessed with accelerometers mailed to participants. Motor competence was assessed through participant-filmed trials of motor skills. Perceived competence was assessed with the Self-Perception Profile for Adults and Children delivered on Qualtrics. Semi- structured interviews to examine beliefs were conducted over Zoom. Approximately 200 families expressed interest in the study, 76 parent-child dyads consented and assented, and 61 parent-child dyads completed at least one component of the study. It is feasible to conduct online research that contributes to scientific knowledge and has potential advantages. However, various challenges need to be considered regarding the application of online research. These challenges included recruitment, the data collection process, and data quality. Future research needs to address these challenges by utilizing wide-reaching and diverse recruitment methods, easing participants' burden with technology, and developing motor competence and perceived competence assessments that can be administered online. The way research was conducted changed due to COVID-19 and adapting to and/or integrating online methods is both necessary and feasible, but modifications must be taken into consideration.

Are BMI, Self-Perceptions, Motor Competence, Engagement, and Fitness Related to Physical Activity in Physical Education Lessons?

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 493-500
Author(s):  
Nadia Cristina Valentini ◽  
Glauber Carvalho Nobre ◽  
Mariele Santayana de Souza ◽  
Michael J. Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Perceived Competence ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Motor Competence ◽  
Object Control ◽  
Considerable Work

Background: Higher levels of actual and perceived motor competence are purported to lead to participation in physical activity (PA). Whereas considerable work has been published regarding motor and perceived competence and body mass index (BMI), much less is known about the association of these variables considering PA and engagement in physical education settings—the focus of the present study. Method: In 600 children (aged 3–10 y), PA during physical education lessons, locomotor skills, object control skills, perceived competence, and BMI (study 1) were assessed. In a subsample of 149 children, PA, engagement, and health-related fitness were assessed (study 2). Results: Structural equation model showed that in study 1, locomotor skills were the strongest variable in the early years, and object control skills were the strongest later, in explained PA. The regression analysis, in study 2, showed that BMI, object control skills, and engagement were significantly associated with PA and that appropriate motor engagement was the best predictor of PA. Conclusion: The authors extended previous research by providing evidence that motor competence varies across childhood in explaining participation in PA, and appropriate motor engagement plays a critical role in being active during lessons and was the strongest predictor of PA. BMI and self-perception were not significant in the models.

scholarly journals Use of a technology-based system to motivate older adults in performing physical activity: a feasibility study.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Els Knippenberg ◽  
Annick Timmermans ◽  
Steven Palmaers ◽  
Annemie Spooren
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
System Usability Scale ◽  
System Usability

Abstract Background Maintaining or initiating regular physical activity (PA) is important for successful aging. Technology-based systems may support and stimulate older adults to initiate and persevere in performing PA. The aim of the current study was to assess to which extent a customised Kinect system is 1) a credible tool to increase PA in older adults, 2) motivating to perform PA by older adults, and 3) easy to be used in older adults.Methods A mixed-method cross-sectional feasibility study was performed in 5 aged care facilities in Flanders, Belgium. Aged participants were asked to perform a 20-30 minute test with the intelligent Activity-based Client-centred Training (i-ACT) system. After the test, the ‘Credibility and Expectancy Questionnaire’ (CEQ), the ‘Intrinsic Motivation Inventory’(IMI), the System Usability Scale (SUS), and semi-structured interviews were conducted in the older adults. Feedback was gathered using the thinking aloud method in both aged participants and healthcare professionals.Results A total of 48 older adults (20 males and 28 females, mean age=81.19 (SD=8.10)), were included. The scores pertaining to system credibility and expectancy, system usability, and motivation towards use were moderate to good. Participants reported that they liked using the i-ACT system, but that the context could be more attractive by adding more visualisations. Twelve professionals stated that they observed involvement in older adults but think that i-ACT is better used in day care centres.Conclusions This study indicates that i-ACT is a usable and motivational system to engage older adults to perform PA and therefore supports successful aging. Future research is necessary to investigate the efficacy of i-ACT to perform PA and the transfer to regain and/or maintain engagement in ADLs that older adults find meaningful and purposeful at an older age. Also, further development of i-ACT is advisable to adapt the i-ACT system towards implementation at the home of older adults.Trial registration ClinicalTrial.gov ID NCT04489563, 23 July 2020 - Retrospectively registered, https://register.clinicaltrials.gov/prs/app/action/SelectProtocol?sid=S000A39C&selectaction=Edit&uid=U0003E6F&ts=37&cx=2jhfvs

scholarly journals Use of a technology-based system to motivate older adults in performing physical activity: a feasibility study.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Els Knippenberg ◽  
Annick Timmermans ◽  
Steven Palmaers ◽  
Annemie Spooren
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
System Usability Scale ◽  
System Usability

Abstract BackgroundMaintaining or initiating regular physical activity (PA) is important for successful aging. Technology-based systems may support and stimulate older adults to initiate and persevere in performing PA. The aim of the current study was to assess to which extent a customised Kinect system is 1) a credible tool to increase PA in older adults, 2) motivating to perform PA by older adults, and 3) easy to be used in older adults. MethodsA mixed-method cross-sectional feasibility study was performed in 5 aged care facilities in Flanders, Belgium. Aged participants were asked to perform a 20-30 minute test with the intelligent Activity-based Client-centred Training (i-ACT) system. After the test, the ‘Credibility and Expectancy Questionnaire’ (CEQ), the ‘Intrinsic Motivation Inventory’(IMI), the System Usability Scale (SUS), and semi-structured interviews were conducted in the older adults. Feedback was gathered using the thinking aloud method in both aged participants and healthcare professionals. ResultsA total of 48 older adults (20 males and 28 females, mean age=81.19 (SD=8.10)), were included. The scores pertaining to system credibility and expectancy, system usability, and motivation towards use were moderate to good. Participants reported that they liked using the i-ACT system, but that the context could be more attractive by adding more visualisations. Twelve professionals stated that they observed involvement in older adults but think that i-ACT is better used in day care centres. ConclusionsThis study indicates that i-ACT is a usable and motivational system to engage older adults to perform PA and therefore supports successful aging. Future research is necessary to investigate the efficacy of i-ACT to perform PA and the transfer to regain and/or maintain engagement in ADLs that older adults find meaningful and purposeful at an older age. Also, further development of i-ACT is advisable to adapt the i-ACT system towards implementation at the home of older adults.

Abstract P152: Parent-child Associations for Changes in Diet and Physical Activity Across Two Decades in Modernizing China

Circulation ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 133 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Dong ◽  
Annie-Green Howard ◽  
Amy Herring ◽  
Amanda Thompson ◽  
Barry Popkin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Cardiometabolic Disease ◽  
Nutrition Survey ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Diet And Physical Activity ◽  
Health Behavior Intervention ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Parent Child

Introduction: While the household context is important for lifestyle interventions to reduce cardiometabolic disease, few studies have examined parent-child associations for diet and physical activity (PA) changes over time in a rapidly urbanizing country with burgeoning cardiometabolic disease rates. Hypotheses: We tested the hypotheses that although changes in diet and PA are associated in parents and their children, the magnitude of this association will decline over time and changes in these behaviors over time differ in adults versus children. Methods: We studied dietary and PA behaviors in parent-child pairs (children aged 7-17y) using longitudinal data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (survey years: 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, and 2009). Sample size varied at each year and on average there were 1,692 mother-child and 1,594 father-child pairs across all visits. Three-day 24-hour recall diet data were collected to generate percentage of total energy from animal-source foods (ASF), eating away from home, and snacking. Seven day PA recall across domains of PA included screen-based activity hours per week, and metabolic equivalent hours (MET-hrs) per week from commuting and leisure-time sports. Spearman partial correlation was used to test parent-child association, adjusting for child’s age and household sociodemographics. We used the Kruskal-Wallis test to examine differences of these behaviors across years. All models were stratified by child’s sex and parent’s sex. Results: We found statistically significant positive parent-child correlations for all dietary variables (correlation coefficients ranged from 0.49 to 0.89 across all years and all parent-child combinations, p<0.01), with stronger mother-child compared to father-child correlation. Whereas, parent-child associations for PA were weaker in magnitude. Coefficients ranged from 0.1 to 0.34 for screen-based hours, 0.08 to 0.17 for commuting, and 0.07 to 0.16 for leisure-time sports (p<0.05). Associations for commuting and leisure-time sports became non-significant at later years. Children and adults experienced statistically significant increases in the percentage of energy from ASF, eating away from home, and snacking, as well as in screen-based hours over time. Parents experienced a decrease in commuting MET-hrs over two decades (p<0.05), whereas children had minimal change. Leisure-time sports MET-hrs increased in children, and decreased in adults over time (p<0.05). Conclusions: Parent-child associations were comparatively stronger for diet than for PA. We observed an increase in energy from ASF, eating away from home, and snacking in parents and children over time, increases in PA in children and declines in adults. Our findings support household-based health behavior intervention strategies, particularly around diet-related behaviors.

Parent–Child Interaction

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haley Kranstuber Horstman ◽  
Alexie Hays ◽  
Ryan Maliski
Keyword(s):  
Private Information ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Family Structures ◽  
Parent Child Communication ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Meaningful Relationships ◽  
Parent Child

The parent–child relationship is one of the most influential, important, and meaningful relationships in an individual’s life. The communication between parents and children fuels their bond and functions to socialize children (i.e., gender, career and work, relationship values and skills, and health behaviors), provide social support, show affection, make sense of their life experiences, engage in conflict, manage private information, and create a family communication environment. How parents and children manage these functions changes over time as their relationship adapts over the developmental periods of their lives. Mothers and fathers may also respond differently to the changing needs of their children, given the unique relational cultures that typically exist in mother–child versus father–child relationships. Although research on parent–child communication is vast and thorough, the constant changes faced by families in the 21st century—including more diverse family structures—provides ample avenues for future research on this complex relationship. Parent–child communication in diverse families (e.g., divorced/stepfamilies, adoptive, multiracial, LGBTQ, and military families) must account for the complexity of identities and experiences in these families. Further, changes in society such as advances in technology, the aging population, and differing parenting practices are also transforming the parent–child relationship. Because this relationship is a vital social resource for both parents and children throughout their lives, researchers will undoubtedly continue to seek to understand the complexities of this important family dyad.

scholarly journals Use of a technology-based system to motivate older adults in performing physical activity: a feasibility study

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Els Knippenberg ◽  
Annick Timmermans ◽  
Steven Palmaers ◽  
Annemie Spooren
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Link Type ◽  
System Usability Scale ◽  
System Usability

Abstract Background Maintaining or initiating regular physical activity (PA) is important for successful aging. Technology-based systems may support and stimulate older adults to initiate and persevere in performing PA. The aim of the current study was to assess to which extent a customised Kinect system is 1) a credible tool to increase PA in older adults, 2) motivating to perform PA by older adults, and 3) easy to be used in older adults. Methods A mixed-method cross-sectional feasibility study was performed in 5 aged care facilities in Flanders, Belgium. Aged participants were asked to perform a 20–30 min test with the intelligent Activity-based Client-centred Training (i-ACT) system. After the test, the ‘Credibility and Expectancy Questionnaire’ (CEQ), the ‘Intrinsic Motivation Inventory’(IMI), the System Usability Scale (SUS), and semi-structured interviews were conducted in the older adults. Feedback was gathered using the thinking aloud method in both aged participants and healthcare professionals. Results A total of 48 older adults (20 males and 28 females, mean age = 81.19 (SD = 8.10)), were included. The scores pertaining to system credibility and expectancy, system usability, and motivation towards use were moderate to good. Participants reported that they liked using the i-ACT system, but that the context could be more attractive by adding more visualisations. Twelve professionals stated that they observed involvement in older adults but think that i-ACT is better used in day care centres. Conclusions This study indicates that i-ACT is a usable and motivational system to engage older adults to perform PA and therefore supports successful aging. Future research is necessary to investigate the efficacy of i-ACT to perform PA and the transfer to regain and/or maintain engagement in ADLs that older adults find meaningful and purposeful at an older age. Also, further development of i-ACT is advisable to adapt the i-ACT system towards implementation at the home of older adults. Trial registration ClinicalTrial.gov ID NCT04489563, 23 July 2020 - Retrospectively registered.

scholarly journals Effects of an 8-Week Intervention Targeting the Veridicality of Actual and Perceived Motor Competence Among Irish Adolescents in Project FLAME

2021 ◽  
pp. 003151252110350
Author(s):  
Conor Philpott ◽  
Till Utesch ◽  
Sarahjane Belton ◽  
Brian Donovan ◽  
Fiona Chambers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Motor Competence ◽  
Intervention Effect ◽  
Community Sport ◽  
Low Levels

High levels of perceived motor competence and low levels of actual motor competence in youth populations have been reported world-wide. Both perceived and actual motor competence have been deemed independent correlates of health and physical activity (PA) behavior, and past research has indicated that their alignment may be linked to more consistent PA. Moreover, there is potential for a movement-based intervention to strengthen the alignment between perceived and actual motor competence, perhaps then guiding future health, PA, and community sport engagement globally. Thus, the objective of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of an 8-week movement-based intervention on increasing the alignment (i.e., veridicality) between PMC and AMC among Irish adolescent youth. We collected data on adolescents ( n = 324; females = 149; M age = 14.5, SD = 0.88 years) across six second-level schools in Ireland, including measurements of actual and perceived, motor competence at pre- and post-intervention. We observed low levels of actual in contrast to high levels of perceived motor competence. We found a small but significant veridical alignment between perceived and actual motor competence, but there was no intervention effect on alignment. Future research should prioritize a longer intervention duration that targets student learning and understanding in order to develop veridical perceptions in adolescents that might sustain their participation in PA.

scholarly journals Retaining the adolescent workforce in family businesses

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Telling ◽  
Philip John Goulding
Keyword(s):  
Career Choice ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Business Context ◽  
The Family ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Parent Child

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to critically explore the linkage between adolescent work, parent–child relationships and offspring career choice outcomes in a family business context. It examines the aforementioned in light of the stay/go decision faced by adolescent family members.Design/methodology/approachFindings are derived from semi-structured interviews with 15 individuals from five Italian families operating family catering businesses in Yorkshire (UK). The approach represents a sample spanning four generations, designed to capture data from individuals who had experienced adolescent work at the family business.FindingsThe findings offer evidence that the “familiarity” of family business impacts on offspring career choices, providing a safety net or a trap which can impede exit decisions. Returning after periods of study leave that represent the transition from adolescence to adulthood, offspring continue to use the family business as a base from which to explore their career options. Alternatively, when parent–child relationships break down, family business escape strategies assume priority for offspring.Research limitations/implicationsThe study focussed exclusively on migrant Italian families within the catering sector. The sample included different generational representations among the five families. It lays the ground for future research of a similar nature among other family business ethnicities and across other economic sectors.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to understanding offspring career choice outcomes in a family business context. The empirical evidence suggests that parent–child relationships are instrumental to understanding the stay/go decision as well as previous stages of the socialisation process of embedding in the family business.

scholarly journals Werktijden en ouder-kindtijd in de middag en avond

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Verhoef ◽  
Anne Roeters
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Children And Parents ◽  
Time Use Survey ◽  
Parent Child

Parental working times and parent-child time in the afternoon and evening Parental working times and parent-child time in the afternoon and evening This study examines the association between parental working times and parent-child time. We not only distinguish between parents' working hours and working schedules but also between parent-child time in the afternoon and evening. The hypotheses center on the role of the availability of children and parents. Our analyses are based on 694 parents with young children from the Dutch Time Use Survey of 2006 and 2011. Results show that parent-child time in the afternoon is associated with parents' working hours, whereas time spent with children in the evening is correlated with working schedules. We provide multiple recommendations for future research, such as a distinction between week and weekend days and a focus on the quality of the time parents and children spend together.

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