The Role of Grandparents in Facilitating Children’s Physical Activity
Findings highlight the importance of reinforcing the beliefs and practices that positively influence children's movement behaviors and addressing those that have unintended consequences. Encouraging grandparents to support their grandchildren's physical activity and discouraging forms of negative social control are likely to be important in efforts to promote physical activity in children.
Authors
- Hayley E. Christian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8486-5746)
- Timothy Budden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5653-6651)
- David A. Coall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0488-2683)
- Andrea Nathan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9360-7228)
- Ben Jackson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0351-8377)
- Michelle I. Jongenelis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0717-1692)
- Emma Glassenbury
Institutions
- Edith Cowan University (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- The Kids Research Institute Australia (AU)
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- Cancer Council Victoria (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Physical Activity and Health
- Published
- 2024-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2024-0066
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.09