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Parental and Familial Factors Influencing Physical Activity Levels in Early Adolescence: A Prospective Study

Damir SekulicDora MaricAdmir TerzicŠIme VeršićIvan KvesićVlatko SeparovicNatasa ZenicAntonino BiancoIvana Kujundzic Lujan

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Younger ageLeadership and ManagementEarly adolescencePhysical activitylcsh:Medicinephysical activityHealth InformaticsLogistic regressionArticle03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineHealth Information Managementphysical activity ; parental factor ; adolescents ; gender differencesMedicine030212 general & internal medicineadolescentsProspective cohort studySocioeconomic statusSchool educationbusiness.industryHealth Policylcsh:R030229 sport sciencesparental factorhumanitiesPhysical activity levelgender differencesbusinessDemography

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Parental/familial factors are important determinants of the physical activity level (PAL) in children and adolescents, but studies rarely prospectively evaluate their relationships. This study aimed to evaluate the changes in physical activity levels among adolescents from Bosnia and Herzegovina over a two-year period and to determine parental/familial predictors of PAL in early adolescence. A total of 651 participants (50.3% females) were tested at baseline (beginning of high school education

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2020-12-01Healthcare
10.3390/healthcare8040532http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC7761556