Review Article

Associations of Parental Influences with Physical Activity and Screen Time among Young Children: A Systematic Review

Table 1

The search strategy used for Medline database.

Database: Ovid Medline(R) 1946 to November Week 3 2013 search strategy:

(1) preschool*.mp. (763123)
(2) young child*.mp. (34520)
(3) early child*.mp. (15721)
(4) toddler.mp. (1946)
(5) (1) or (2) or (3) or (4) (783324)
(6) parenting style*.mp. (762)
(7) parenting practice.mp. (26)
(8) parenting behavio*.mp. (847)
(9) parenting.mp. (14946)
(10) maternal influence*.mp. (460)
(11) parental influence*.mp. (439)
(12) parental self-efficacy.mp. (79)
(13) parental confidence.mp. (51)
(14) parental rules.mp. (61)
(15) parental attitudes.mp. (730)
(16) parental concerns.mp. (324)
(17) parent* support*.mp. (1197)
(18) parent* encouragement.mp. (80)
(19) parent* involvement.mp. (1051)
(20) parent modeling.mp. (22)
(21) (6) or (7) or (8) or (9) or (10) or (11) or (12) or (13) or (14) or (15) or (16) or (17) or (18) or (19) or (20) (18529)
(22) physical activit*.mp. (55070)
(23) total PA.mp. (264)
(24) MVPA.mp. (1001)
(25) PA.mp. (54822)
(26) VPA.mp. (3623)
(27) physical exercise.mp. (9183)
(28) outdoor play.mp. (102)
(29) active play.mp. (87)
(30) play.mp. (449998)
(31) leisure activit*.mp. (7741)
(32) (22) or (23) or (24) or (25) or (26) or (27) or (28) or (29) or (30) or (31) (569321)
(33) physical inactivity.mp. (3827)
(34) sedentary behavio*.mp. (1660)
(35) television viewing.mp. (957)
(36) TV viewing time.mp. (96)
(37) TV viewing.mp. (503)
(38) TV time.mp. (71)
(39) DVD*.mp. (951)
(40) video viewing.mp. (83)
(41) computer using.mp. (512)
(42) computer time.mp. (255)
(43) electronic game.mp. (34)
(44) screen time.mp. (449)
(45) small-screen recreation.mp. (15)
(46) (33) or (34) or (35) or (36) or (37) or (38) or (39) or (40) or (41) or (42) or (43) or (44) or (45) (8478)
(47) (32) or (46) (573869)
(48) (5) and (21) and (47) (553)
(49) limit (48) to (English language and humans and yr = “1998–current”) (483)

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