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      Physical activity lapses and parental social control

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      Date
      2008
      Author
      Wilson, Kathleen Sara
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Doctoral
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      Abstract
      Although physical activity has been identified as important for children and adolescents’ health, a majority are not active enough to receive health benefits. Given that physical activity lapses have been identified in adolescents, and social influences have been related to physical activity, the overall purpose of this dissertation was to explore the social influences that occur following a lapse by using a social control framework. Three studies were conducted to examine whether physical activity lapses would be associated with parental use of social control (Study 1 and 2) as well as whether this use of different social control types would be associated with changes in behaviour (Study 2 and 3) and affect (Study 3). Results from Study 1 revealed that parents reported the use of three types of social control (i.e., positive, collaborative, and negative) following a hypothetical physical activity lapse. Results from Study 2 revealed that adolescents who experienced a lapse reported greater increases in the use of positive and collaborative social control if they had an active family. Changes in social control also were associated adolescent’s recovery from a lapse, with collaborative social control emerging as the strongest social control type. Results from the third study revealed that each of the three types of social control were associated with behaviour change, but in a different way. Behaviour change was associated with the use of collaborative social control, the need for congruence between preferences and use for positive social control, and the perceptions of negative social control as supportive. Perceived supportiveness for all tactics was related to affect. These results provide preliminary support for the suggestion that social control may be one framework to help explain the use of parental social influences following a lapse. Future directions and complementary theories are discussed.
      Degree
      Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
      Department
      College of Kinesiology
      Program
      College of Kinesiology
      Supervisor
      Spink, Kevin S.
      Committee
      Hellsten, Laurie; Gyurcsik, Nancy; Culos-Reed, Nicole; Brawley, Lawrence
      Copyright Date
      2008
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-07242008-092205
      Subject
      parent
      social control
      social influence
      lapse
      physical activity
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