Parents’ and children’s perception of self-efficacy and parental support are related to children’s physical activity: a cross-sectional study of parent–child dyads

Niermann, Christina; Wagner, Petra; Ziegeldorf, Alexandra; Wulff, Hagen

doi:10.1080/13229400.2020.1773901

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“…Regarding the intergenerational transmission, two potential pathways were considered, a direct and an indirect one. The former refers to direct heritability while the latter builds on the assumption of a cognitive process where children are influenced by their perception of the parents' behavior, which may differ from the parents' actual conduct, particularly if their respective social circuits are disconnected (Gaylord et al, 2003; Liu et al, 2022; Niermann et al, 2022).…”

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“…However, children's perceptions of their parents' behaviors can be more related to their adjustment than the actual behaviors of their parents (Richaud de Minzi, 2013; Schaefer, 1965). In fact, evidence shows that children's perception of their parents' attitudes and behavior can influence various child‐level outcomes (e.g., Dinkelmann & Buff, 2016; Niermann et al, 2022; Wilk et al, 2018). For instance, children's perceptions of parents' behavior can shape their expectations of social relationships in general, which may, in turn, impact how children feel about and behave toward their peers and other people (Gaylord et al, 2003).…”

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“…For instance, children's perceptions of parents' behavior can shape their expectations of social relationships in general, which may, in turn, impact how children feel about and behave toward their peers and other people (Gaylord et al, 2003). Furthermore, there is evidence that parents' self‐reports may systematically differ from children's reports about parents' attitudes and behavior (Gaylord et al, 2003; Liu et al, 2022; Niermann et al, 2022). This underscores the importance of addressing children's perceptions alongside parents' self‐reports (Barr‐Anderson et al, 2010; Wilk et al, 2018).…”

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Adolescent social capital: An intergenerational resource?

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Tikkanen

2023

Journal of Adolescence

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IntroductionThere is abundant literature about the benefits of social capital in youth, but less is known of the origins of social capital. This study explores whether adolescents' social capital is shaped by their parents' social capital, their family's socioeconomic status (SES), and the socioeconomic profile of their neighborhood.MethodsThe study uses cross‐sectional survey data gathered from 12 to 13‐year‐old adolescents and their parents (n = 163) in Southwest Finland. For the analysis, adolescents' social capital was disaggregated into four dimensions: social networks, social trust, tendency to receive help, and tendency to provide help. Parents' social capital was measured both directly (parents' self‐reports) and indirectly (adolescents' perceptions of their parents' sociability). The associations with the hypothesized predictors were analyzed using structural equation modeling.ResultsThe results suggest that social capital is not directly intergenerationally transmissible the way some biologically heritable traits are. Yet, parents' social capital shapes youngsters' perception of their sociability, and that, in turn, predicts each dimension of adolescents' social capital. Family SES is positively related to young people's reciprocal tendency, but the pathway flows indirectly through parents' social capital and adolescents' perception of parents' sociability. Conversely, a disadvantaged socioeconomic neighborhood is directly negatively associated with adolescents' social trust and tendency to receive help.ConclusionsThis study suggests that, in the studied Finnish, relatively egalitarian context, social capital is (at least partly) transmissible from parents to children, not directly, but indirectly through the mechanism of social learning.

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Tuominen

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2023

Journal of Adolescence

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“…In recent years, when collecting data on the variable of parental involvement, some studies have directly investigated the parental involvement perceived by parents (Cui et al, 2021;Daniel et al, 2016), and some studies have collected data on the parental involvement perceived by children (Cheung & Pomerantz, 2012, 2015Grolnick & Slowiaczek, 1994). Previous studies have found conflicting results on the relationship between parental behaviors perceived by parents and by children (Dinkelmann & Buff, 2016;Gaylord et al, 2003;Niermann et al, 2020;Wilk et al, 2018). Some studies have shown that parental involvement reported by children was positively related to that reported by parents (Dinkelmann & Buff, 2016).…”

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Different associations of parental involvement with children’s learning of Chinese, English, and math: a three-wave longitudinal study

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Due to the impact of COVID-19, children and their parents are spending more time at home, which increases parent-child interactions. The goals of the present study were to examine the mediating effects of children's learning engagement on the relationships of parental involvement in Chinese, English, and math performance and to investigate whether parent-perceived parental involvement and child-perceived parental involvement consistently affected children's academic performance. Data were collected from 253 Chinese primary school students (117 boys, Mage = 10.53) during the COVID-19 pandemic. We included parental involvement perceived by the parents and by the children to comprehensively describe parental involvement (in wave 2); we collected children's learning engagement (wave 2); and we compared children's Chinese, English and math academic performances before (wave 1) and after (wave 3) China's first wave of COVID-19 in 2020. The results showed that after controlling for gender, age, and SES, the parental involvement perceived by parents could be directly and positively related to children's learning engagement, and it also indirectly influenced children's learning engagement through the children's perceived parental involvement. Learning engagement was a mediator of the relationship between parental involvement and children's academic performance. Parental involvement significantly predicted children's Chinese and English performances through their learning engagement, while parental involvement failed to predict children's mathematics performances during the COVID-19 pandemic. The current research provides insights into the underlying mechanisms of how parental involvement affects children's academic performances during school closures and hopes to guide parents and schools to consider how to cooperate and continue to use rapidly developing digital education resources amid the long-term impact of COVID-19 to provide children using more effective and suitable guidance in the future.

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“…A challenge for parents in the 21st century is the involvement in the child's education (Leidy, Guerra, & Toro, 2020). Parental attitudes have been shown to play a key role in stimulating children's involvement in various activities (Niermann et al, 2020). In a study on how parents spend time with their children, it was found that the activities in which children are involved vary depending on the sex of the parent.…”

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Parenting strategies of 21st century adults

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2020

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This study investigates how 21st century parents show openness and flexibility for new parenting strategies. The central theme of the study refers to the positive parenting according to which the active listening of the child, the adaptation of the parent to his needs, the active involvement of the parent in the child's life, and the expression of the parent's attachment to his child become essential for a quality parent-child relationship. Positive parenting does not exclude disciplining the child and setting limits. The results of the study demonstrate the availability of parents for this type of parenting, but also for an improvement in the field.

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Parents’ and children’s perception of self-efficacy and parental support are related to children’s physical activity: a cross-sectional study of parent–child dyads

Cited by 11 publications

References 70 publications

Adolescent social capital: An intergenerational resource?

Adolescent social capital: An intergenerational resource?

Different associations of parental involvement with children’s learning of Chinese, English, and math: a three-wave longitudinal study

Parenting strategies of 21st century adults

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