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Physical activity: a family affair
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This free course, Physical activity: a family affair, aims to explore the effects that the family has on the amount and nature of physical activity a child participates in. The beliefs and behaviours of the family environment are the key psycho-social factors we investigate here.
Course 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.
First Published: 22/07/2013
Updated: 09/04/2019
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