Russell Jago|Kirsten K. Davison|Janice L. Thompson|Angie S Page|Rowan Brockman|Keith R. Fox
Parental Sedentary Restriction, Maternal Parenting Style, and Television Viewing Among 10- to 11-Year-Olds
University of Bristol|University of Bristol|University of Bristol|University of Bristol|University of Bristol
examine whether parenting styles practices associated childrens television tv viewinga total 431 parentchild dyads 10 11yearold children bristol united kingdom included child parent tv viewing selfreported categorized 2 2 4 4 hoursday children reported maternal parenting style authoritarian authoritative permissive childreported maternal paternal sedentary restriction scores combined create familylevel restriction score multinomial logistic regression used examine whether child tv viewing predicted parenting style family restrictiona greater proportion children permissive mothers watched 4 hours tv per day compared children authoritarian authoritative mothers p 033 greater proportion children parents demonstrated high restriction watched 2 hours tv per day p 001 risk watching 2 4 hours vs 2 hours tv per day 22 times higher children lowrestriction families p 010 risk watching 4 hours vs 2 hours tv per day 33 times higher children lowrestriction families p 013 risk watching 4 hours tv per day 52 times higher children permissive versus authoritative mothers p 010clinicians need talk directly parents need place limitations childrens screen time encourage parents reinforce restriction messages