Related-factors of social support for students’ physical activity in a network perspective

Authors

  • Naildo Santos Silva Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências do Movimento Humano, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6585-5307
  • Júlio Brugnara Mello Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Escuela de Educación Física, Grupo de Investigación EfiDac, Valparaíso, Chile. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3013-1760
  • Dr. Universidade Regional do Cariri, Departamento de Educação Física, Crato, Ceará, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8260-0189
  • Jorge Mota Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Desportos, Porto, Portugal. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7571-9181
  • Adroaldo Cezar Araújo Gaya Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências do Movimento Humano, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5941-5089
  • Anelise Reis Gaya Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências do Movimento Humano, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8335-6947

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12820/rbafs.28e0297

Keywords:

Physical activity, Health promotion, Perceived social support, Social care, Child

Abstract

This study investigates the relationship between social support and moderate to vigorous physical activity, as well as the possible relationships between social support and socioeconomic status, gender and body mass index. Cross-sectional study with a non-randomized sample of 71 students (boys and girls) aged 7 to 12 and their parents or legal guardians. Social support and socioeconomic status were assessed using validated questionnaires. Height and body mass measurements were used for the body mass index equation. Moderate to vigorous physical activity was measured by accelerometers. The associations between all variables were tested by a network analysis. Moderate to vigorous physical activity is negatively correlated with socioeconomic status, body mass index and a question from the social support questionnaire: “How many times in the last week have you watched your child be physically active?”. We observed a positive correlation between moderate to vigorous physical activity with gender and a question from the social support questionnaire: “How many times in the last week did you provide transport for your child’s physical activity?”. Thus, moderate to vigorous physical activity has a negative correlation with socioeconomic status, body mass index and the variable “parents sometimes observe their child to be physically active”, and parents who provide transportation for the child to practice physical activity. In future, it is import to consider the network analysis in the intervention studies to promote adolescents’ physical activity.

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Author Biography

Júlio Brugnara Mello, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Escuela de Educación Física, Grupo de Investigación EfiDac, Valparaíso, Chile.

Professor de Educação Física (Unipampa, 2014), mestre e doutor em Ciências do Movimento Humano (UFRGS, 2014 e 2020). Professor na Faculdade SOGIPA (Porto Alegre, Brasil). Docente das disciplinas Exercício Físico para Crianças e Jovens, Detecção de Talentos Esportivos e Anatomia Funcional. Membro do Grupo de Pesquisa Projeto Esporte Brasil e da Sociedade Brasileira de Atividade Física e Saúde. Seus trabalhos de pesquisa e extensão têm ênfase nas áreas da prescrição da atividade física e exercício físico para crianças, educação física escolar e promoção da saúde, atividade física e saúde, treinamento esportivo na infância e adolescência e os efeitos para a saúde do exercício e atividade física na infância.

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2023-05-24

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Silva NS, Mello JB, Bandeira PFR, Mota J, Gaya ACA, Gaya AR. Related-factors of social support for students’ physical activity in a network perspective. Rev. Bras. Ativ. Fís. Saúde [Internet]. 2023 May 24 [cited 2024 May 19];28:1-8. Available from: https://rbafs.org.br/RBAFS/article/view/14892

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