Parental Influence on Primary and Secondary School Students’ Sports Participation in China
Year: 2015
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: According to national and local official reports, the health status and physical fitness of Chinese students are indeed worsening. In an attempt to promote better physical fitness and health, the Chinese government has taken a package of measures to improve school-based physical education. However, we cannot ignore the important role of family members in developing children’s healthy behaviors. The central objective of this study was to investigate parental influence on primary and secondary school students’ sports participation in China in more detail. To do this, questionnaires (including student version and teacher version) and semi-structured interviews were conducted in different regions of China. The results of this study reflect that students do little physical exercise at home and parental influence on students’ sports participation (including parents’ perception and attitude towards their children’s health and sports participation; parents’ role model of sports participation; parents’ support and encouragement of sports participation; and communication about students’ physical education between school and family) is unrealized. These results are important when considering designing more effective interventions to improve students’ physical activity levels and to influence them to foster life-long habits of physical exercise.
Source: US-China Education Review A
Authors: Li Ning-ning, Li Sen, Qiao Yu-jiao
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W1539742404