Perceived Constraints and Social Support for Active Leisure Among Mothers With Young Children

Brown, Peter; Brown, Wendy J.; Miller, Yvette D.; Hansen, Vibeke

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“…Additional plans for enhancing maintenance are also warranted and could focus on social support as key facilitator of physical activity adherence. Working mothers are likely to feel more efficacious if they have family and friends who are committed to helping them achieve their goals (Albright, Maddock, & Nigg, 2005;Brown et al, 2001;Miller, Trost, & Brown, 2002).…”

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“…As a group, working mothers exhibit high levels of inactivity, which can largely be attributed to the numerous real and perceived physical activity barriers they encounter (Brown et al, 2001;Burke et al, 2004;Cramp and Bray, 2011;Verhoef and Love, 1994). As declining levels of physical activity across the transition into motherhood have emerged as a legitimate public health concern, several interventions designed specifically for women with children have been developed (Cody and Lee, 1999;Cramp and Brawley, 2006;Fahrenwald et al, 2004;Fjeldsoe et al, 2010).…”

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Physical Activity Intervention Effects on Perceived Stress in Working Mothers: The Role of Self-Efficacy

Mailey

McAuley

2014

Women & Health

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Working mothers often report elevated stress, and efforts to improve their coping resources are needed to buffer the detrimental effects of stress on health. This study examined the impact of changes in physical activity, self-efficacy, and self-regulation across the course of a brief intervention on subsequent levels of stress in working mothers. Participants (N=141) were randomly assigned to an intervention or control condition (2:1 ratio). The intervention was conducted in Illinois between March 2011-January 2012 and consisted of two group-mediated workshop sessions with content based on Social Cognitive Theory. Participants completed measures of physical activity, self-efficacy, self-regulation, and perceived stress at baseline, immediately post-intervention, and 6-month follow-up. Stress levels declined across the 6-month period in both groups. Changes in stress were negatively associated with changes in self-efficacy and self-regulation among intervention participants only. Regression analyses revealed the intervention elicited short-term increases in physical activity, self-efficacy, and self-regulation, but only changes in self-efficacy predicted perceived stress at 6-month follow-up. These results suggest that enhancing self-efficacy is likely to improve working mothers' perceived capabilities to cope with stressors in their lives. Future interventions should continue to focus on increasing self-efficacy to promote improvements in physical activity and psychological well-being in this population.

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Physical Activity Intervention Effects on Perceived Stress in Working Mothers: The Role of Self-Efficacy

Mailey

McAuley

2014

Women & Health

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“…Most mothers of young children experience some constraints, for example lack of time and energy, and the responsibilities of child care. These factors may influence their interest in and ability to attend interventions (18) .Targeting nutrition and physical activity interventions to these mother-specific factors may enhance both their effectiveness and attendance rate. Therefore, the purpose of the present review is to gain insight into targeted intervention components which may contribute to the attendance and effectiveness of interventions promoting physical activity and/or healthy eating to mothers with young children (0-5 years).…”

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Targeting physical activity and nutrition interventions towards mothers with young children: a review on components that contribute to attendance and effectiveness

Hartman

Hosper

Stronks

2010

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To gain insight into intervention components targeted specifically to mothers of young children that may contribute to attendance and effectiveness on physical activity and healthy eating. Design: Systematic literature searches were performed using MEDLINE, Embase and cited references. Articles were included if they evaluated the effectiveness of a lifestyle intervention to promote physical activity and/or healthy eating in an experimental design among mothers with young children (age 0-5 years). Data were extracted on study characteristics, intervention components targeted towards mothers with young children, attendance and effectiveness. Extracted data were analysed in a descriptive manner. Results: Eleven articles describing twelve interventions met the inclusion criteria. Of the six studies that measured attendance, two reported high attendance. Embedding the intervention within routine visits to child health clinics seems to increase attendance. Three studies found significant effects on physical activity and three on healthy eating. Effective interventions directed at physical activity included components such as counselling on mother-specific barriers or community involvement in intervention development and implementation. One of the three interventions that effectively increased healthy eating had components targeted at mothers (i.e. used targeted motivational appeals). Conclusions: The number of experimental intervention studies for promoting physical activity and healthy eating among new mothers is limited. However, useful first recommendations can be set for targeting interventions towards mothers, in particular for promoting attendance and physical activity. More insight is required about the need for targeting health promotion programmes at new mothers, especially of those directed at nutritional behaviour. Keywords Physical activity Healthy eating Weight change Interventions MothersFollow-up studies among adults show that weight gain in young women is, on average, relatively large compared with older women (1)(2)(3) . Excessive weight gain during pregnancy, failure to lose weight in an appreciable period of time postpartum and weight gain during the postpartum period may well partly explain this weight gain among young women (4)(5)(6) . New mothers are more likely to gain weight than young adult women without children (7) . In addition, longitudinal studies have shown that postpartum weight retention predicts overweight in the long term (4,5) . Therefore, promoting weight control among new mothers is valuable in obesity prevention.A decrease in physical activity during the transition into motherhood may explain the higher increase in weight gain among new mothers compared with non-mothers. A meta-analysis showed that mothers were less likely to be physically active than fathers and non-parents (8) . In particular, mothers of young children (under the age of 5 years) seem to be at risk for physical inactivity (9,10) . Changes in nutritional behaviour before and after pregnancy are...

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“…Women with children participated in affiliative leisure (i.e., leisure that develops connections and strengthens relationships) activities more than women without children (Henderson, et al, 1996). Consequently, mothers with young children were more likely to experience constraints such as ethic of care, structural, and interpersonal constraints (Brown et al, 2001). Brown et al, reported subjects experienced constraints that included: (a) a lack of time, money, and energy (i.e., structural constraints); (b) ideological influences (e.g., ethic of care or sense of commitment to others); and (c) access to social support from partners, family, and friends (i.e., interpersonal constraints).…”

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“…In another study mothers with young children were investigated to explore the factors that constrained their leisure participation and the relationship between physical activity and levels of social support available to the women (Brown, P., Brown, W., Miller, & Hansen, 2001). Methods that included self-complete questionnaires and discussion groups assessed 543 mothers of young children from differing socio-economic backgrounds.…”

Section: Female Perspective Researchmentioning

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A Qualitative Exploration of Female Surfers: Recreation Specialization, Motivations, and Perspectives

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Perceived Constraints and Social Support for Active Leisure Among Mothers With Young Children

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Physical Activity Intervention Effects on Perceived Stress in Working Mothers: The Role of Self-Efficacy

Physical Activity Intervention Effects on Perceived Stress in Working Mothers: The Role of Self-Efficacy

Targeting physical activity and nutrition interventions towards mothers with young children: a review on components that contribute to attendance and effectiveness

A Qualitative Exploration of Female Surfers: Recreation Specialization, Motivations, and Perspectives

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