Parents Shape Their Children's Physical Activity During Unstructured Recess Through Intrinsic Value the Children Possess

• In Event: Marriott Roundtable Session 4
  In Roundtable Session: Roundtable 2. Beyond Physical Education: Physical Activity in Other Spaces

Abstract

Grounded in the expectancy-value theory, the aim of these two studies was to examine parents’ role in shaping elementary school students’ beliefs and task values toward students’ school-time physical activity (PA) and their moderate-to-vigorous (MVPA) behavior during unstructured recess. Two samples comprised 176 (Study 1 M = 8.7 ± 1.28) and 115 (Study 2 M = 10 ± 1.81) children. Results showed parents impacted children’s school-time recess behaviors in different ways depending on children’s gender. Finally, parents’ intrinsic value moderated girls’ MVPA via the intrinsic value of the participants possessed (Z = 1.73, p = .010, 90% CI [.36, 2.93]), whereas parents’ beliefs moderated boys’ intrinsic value – MVPA relationship (Z = .78, p < .001, 90% CI [.39, 1.10]).

Authors

• Yangyang Deng, University of Georgia

• Sami Yli-Piipari, University of Georgia