orientation of Hong Kong parents towards physical activity and it's influence on children's activity patterns =: 香港家長對體育活動的取向對兒童參與體育活動之影響.

Abstract

Ma Man-yan.

Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 54-71).

Text in English; abstracts in English and Chinese.

Ma Man-yan.

Abstract --- p.i

Acknowledgements --- p.iii

List of Table --- p.vii

List of Figure --- p.viii

Chapter CHAPTER ONE --- Introduction --- p.1

General introduction --- p.1

Early participation in physical activity --- p.1

The childhood years --- p.2

Parental influence --- p.3

Purpose of study --- p.4

Theoretical framework --- p.5

Operational definition --- p.6

Delimitations --- p.7

Limitations --- p.8

Significance of the study --- p.9

Chapter CHAPTER TWO --- Review of Literature --- p.11

Physical activity and the public health --- p.11

Sedentary life --- p.12

Promoting active lifestyle --- p.12

Parental influences in physical activity --- p.14

The early childhood years --- p.15

Overview of results --- p.16

Beliefs --- p.18

Parental beliefs and the influence on children --- p.19

Achievement goal --- p.21

The case in Hong Kong --- p.24

Hong Kong children's lives --- p.24

Parents in Hong Kong --- p.25

Cultural values: The Confucian ethic --- p.26

Instrumental society --- p.27

Filial Piety --- p.29

Definition of success --- p.31

Summary --- p.32

Chapter CHAPTER THREE --- Method --- p.34

Participants --- p.34

Instrumentation --- p.34

Measures of children's physical activity levels --- p.34

Measures of parental beliefs regarding their child's participation in physical activity --- p.35

Goal orientations --- p.35

Reasons for children's physical activity participation --- p.36

Parents' exercise behavior --- p.36

Family background information --- p.37

Procedure --- p.37

Statistical analysis --- p.38

Chapter CHAPTER FOUR --- Results --- p.40

Descriptive statistics --- p.40

Gender and parental beliefs --- p.41

The relationship between parents' and children's level of physical activity --- p.43

Parents' self-reported level of physical activity --- p.43

Physical activity participation with children --- p.43

Family characteristics --- p.44

Chapter CHAPTER FIVE --- Discussion --- p.45

Limitations --- p.52

Conclusion --- p.53

References --- p.54

Appendix A --- p.72

Appendix B --- p.73

Appendix C --- p.74

Appendix D --- p.75

Appendix E --- p.76

Appendix F --- p.77

Appendix G --- p.83