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

Table 5

Papers reporting an association between parental influences and children’s PA.

Parental influences	Association with children’s physical activity
	Positive	Negative	No association
Parenting practices
(1) Parents encourage/support PA	20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 30, 32, 45		25, 27, 28
(2) Parental rules
Restricting rough games inside	24
TV viewing rules	47, 48	45
(3) Parent preference; (child do the same activities as older siblings)		24
Parent role modelling (parents’ PA)	19, 23, 24, 27, 29, 31, 32, 47		22, 28
Parent perception
(1) Parent perception of importance of child PA	23		32
(2) Parent perceptions of children’s physical competence	26, 28
Parental self-efficacy in PA	46
Parenting style			30
Dimensions of parenting style (warmth)	30