"Oh oobe doo, I wanna be like you" associations between physical activity of preschool staff and preschool children

被引:33
作者
Fossdal, Tom Stian [1 ]
Kippe, Karin [1 ]
Handegard, Bjorn Helge [2 ]
Lagestad, Pal [1 ]
机构
[1] Nord Univ, Fac Educ & Arts, Levanger, Norway
[2] UIT Arctic Univ Norway, Ctr Child & Adolescent Mental Hlth, Tromso, Norway
关键词
SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR; ACCELEROMETER; KINDERGARTEN; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENT; CHILDHOOD; ADULTHOOD; PROMOTION; ATTITUDES; OBESITY;
D O I
10.1371/journal.pone.0208001
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Objective Physical activity contributes to prevent serious diseases and ailments, and previous research indicates that lifestyle habits are likely to track from early childhood to adulthood. 90% of Norwegian children aged 1-5 are enrolled in preschools, and preschool staff can play an important role in children's activity levels. This study's aim was to identify whether any associations exist between preschool staff's characteristics (initiative, participation, attitudes, and activity levels) and children's activity in preschool. Method 289 children aged 4-6 and 72 preschool staff from 13 randomly selected preschools in a region of Nord-Troendelag, Norway, were enrolled in the study. All participants wore an Actigraph accelerometer for seven consecutive days. Questionnaires were also utilized to identify correlates between preschool staff's attitudes and initiative in relation to children's physical activity, in addition to their participation in children's physical activity. A multilevel analysis, the linear mixed model (LMM), was used to elucidate associations between preschool staff and children's activity levels. Results A significant association was found between preschool staff's average activity levels during preschool hours and children's corresponding activity levels during preschool hours (t = 2.57; p = 0.021; f(2) = 0.013). There were, however, no significant associations identified between the attitudes (t = -0.44; p = 0.67), initiative (t = -0.14; p = 0.89), and participation (t = 0.66; p = 0.52) variables among preschool staff and children's activity levels during preschool hours. Conclusion The study demonstrated that a significant association exists between preschool staff's aggregated activity levels and 4-6-year-olds' individual activity levels. However, an observational study is requisite in order to determine whether the association is based on preschool staff's impact on children's physical activity or if it is the children that affect the preschool staff's activity levels, or a combination there of.
引用
收藏
页数:16
相关论文
共 77 条
[31]   Interaction Between Physical Environment, Social Environment, and Child Characteristics in Determining Physical Activity at Child Care [J].
Gubbels, Jessica S. ;
Kremers, Stef P. J. ;
van Kann, Dave H. H. ;
Stafleu, Annette ;
Candel, Math J. J. M. ;
Dagnelie, Pieter C. ;
Thijs, Carel ;
de Vries, Nanne K. .
HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY, 2011, 30 (01) :84-90
[32]  
Hansen B, 2014, FYSISK BLANT VOKSNE
[33]   Correlates of objectively measured physical activity in adults and older people: a cross-sectional study of population-based sample of adults and older people living in Norway [J].
Hansen, Bjorge Herman ;
Ommundsen, Yngvar ;
Holme, Ingar ;
Kolle, Elin ;
Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred .
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 2014, 59 (02) :221-230
[34]  
Hesketh Kathryn R, 2016, Prev Med Rep, V3, P53, DOI 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.12.004
[35]   Preschool and childcare center characteristics associated with children's physical activity during care hours: an observational study [J].
Hinkley, Trina ;
Salmon, Jo ;
Crawford, David ;
Okely, Anthony D. ;
Hesketh, Kylie D. .
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, 2016, 13
[36]   The effect of reintegrating Actigraph accelerometer counts in preschool children: Comparison using different epoch lengths [J].
Kim, Youngwon ;
Beets, Michael W. ;
Pate, Russell R. ;
Blair, Steven N. .
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN SPORT, 2013, 16 (02) :129-134
[37]  
Kippe K, PHYS ACTIVITY LEVEL
[38]  
Kolle E, 2012, IS2002 HELS
[39]  
Lagestad P, 2016, SCI J PUBLIC HLTH, V4, P147, DOI DOI 10.11648/J.SJPH.20160403.12
[40]   ATTITUDES VS. ACTIONS [J].
LaPiere, Richard T. .
SOCIAL FORCES, 1934, 13 (02) :230-237