Chinese parents’ perception of daily physical activity routine in preschoolers: A qualitative exploration
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AbstractBackground: Early childhood physical activity (PA) routines are critical for current and future PA behaviors, and parents play a vital role in encouraging their children to be physically active. This research investigated the attitudes, values, and perceptions of Chinese parents toward their preschoolers' daily physical activity routine.
Method: Snowball sampling was used to recruit sixteen parents of 3 to 5-year-old preschoolers in Beijing (11 mothers, 5 fathers). A typical one-week diary of preschoolers' daily routines and PA was collected. A semi-structured in-depth interview with parents about their perceptions of daily PA routines was conducted. The data was analyzed thematically using a framework method.
Result: Three primary themes with subthemes were obtained labelled as "outcome expectations": enjoyment, health maintenance, skill acquisition, social skills, personality and self-concept, gender role difference; "perceived barriers": lack of PA knowledge, lack of time, environment and safety, cost, academic conflict; "daily child routine": PA as a routine, other routines.
Conclusion: Although Chinese parents are aware of the importance of PA, there is a disparity between awareness and practice. Parents' physical literacy, practical PA knowledge and skills, and the parents-children PA routine should be included for further education.
Method: Snowball sampling was used to recruit sixteen parents of 3 to 5-year-old preschoolers in Beijing (11 mothers, 5 fathers). A typical one-week diary of preschoolers' daily routines and PA was collected. A semi-structured in-depth interview with parents about their perceptions of daily PA routines was conducted. The data was analyzed thematically using a framework method.
Result: Three primary themes with subthemes were obtained labelled as "outcome expectations": enjoyment, health maintenance, skill acquisition, social skills, personality and self-concept, gender role difference; "perceived barriers": lack of PA knowledge, lack of time, environment and safety, cost, academic conflict; "daily child routine": PA as a routine, other routines.
Conclusion: Although Chinese parents are aware of the importance of PA, there is a disparity between awareness and practice. Parents' physical literacy, practical PA knowledge and skills, and the parents-children PA routine should be included for further education.
All Author(s) ListPeng B, Ha AS
Name of ConferenceAIESEP World Congress
Start Date of Conference15/06/2022
End Date of Conference18/06/2022
Place of ConferenceGold Coast
Country/Region of ConferenceAustralia
Year2022
Month6
LanguagesEnglish-United Kingdom
