◄Previous: Introduction

Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

  • summarise the main research evidence of family influence on a child’s level of physical activity participation
  • relate expectancy-value theory (Eccles, 1993; Eccles et al., 1983) to parental involvement in children’s sporting experience
  • understand how gender and parental gender stereotypes may affect parents’ support of children’s participation in sport.
    • ◄Contents►Next: 1 What is the modern-day family unit?

    OpenLearn - Physical activity: a family affair
    ou logoCreative Commons non-commercial share alike icon Except for third party materials and otherwise, this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence, full copyright detail can be found in the acknowledgements section. Please see full copyright statement for details.