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Nothing but fear itself Parental fear as a determinant impacting on child physical activity and independent mobility

@inproceedings{Zubrick2010NothingBF,
  title={Nothing but fear itself Parental fear as a determinant impacting on child physical activity and independent mobility},
  author={Stephen R. Zubrick and Lisa Wood and Karen Villanueva and Georgina Wood and Billie Giles-Corti},
  year={2010}
}
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Too far from home? Adult attitudes on children's independent mobility range
The purpose of this study was to investigate adult attitudes on distances children should be allowed to travel to places and play in outdoor areas without adult supervision, with consideration of…
Socio-demographic factors and neighbourhood social cohesion influence adults’ willingness to grant children greater independent mobility: A cross-sectional study
TLDR
Women, parents, adults with lower education and those who perceived neighbourhood social cohesion as being lower were less willing to let children independently travel further away from home and interventions to increase children’s independent mobility may be more effective if targeted to these groups.
What Influences Parents’ Fear about Children’s Independent Mobility? Evidence from a State-Wide Survey of Australian Parents
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The current study suggests that social norms, child competence, and perceptions about the benefits of CIM underpin PF, and this evidence informs the development of interventions to reduce PF and promote CIM and children’s physical activity.
Higher Maternal Protectiveness Is Associated with Higher Odds of Child Overweight and Obesity: A Longitudinal Australian Study
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Evidence is provided of a relationship between maternal protectiveness and child overweight and obesity, however further research is required to understand the mechanism(s) that links the two concepts.
Assessment of direct and indirect associations between children active school travel and environmental, household and child factors using structural equation modelling
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Assessment of direct and indirect associations between children’s AST and environmental, household and child factors based on the BMST using structural equation modelling (SEM) found AST was positively associated with child independent mobility, child-perceived neighbourhood safety, and parent- perceived importance of social interaction and neighbourhood social environment.
Understanding active school travel through the Behavioural Ecological Model
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The Behavioural Ecological Model (BEM), not previously addressed in AST, is presented to guide this area of research and is expected to contribute to similar analyses in this and other areas of behaviour change research, and to a more useful discussion and treatment of theoretical and conceptual behavioural models.
The effect of siblings and family dog ownership on children's independent mobility to neighbourhood destinations
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The effect of sibling age, gender and dog ownership on children's independent mobility and how this varies according to the destination visited is investigated.
The association between dog walking, physical activity and owner’s perceptions of safety: cross-sectional evidence from the US and Australia
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This multi-site international study provides further support for the potential for dog walking to increase levels of daily physical activity and females were more likely than males to feel safer walking with their dog in their neighborhood.
Mothers’ beliefs about risk and risk-taking in children’s outdoor play
Changes to social and environmental contexts impact on children’s opportunities for and the nature of outdoor play in many ways. A number of studies over the past decade have noted a trend towards…
The Effect of the Social and Physical Environment on Children's Independent Mobility to Neighborhood Destinations.
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Independent mobility appears dependent upon the specific destination being visited and the impact of neighborhood features varies according to the destination examined.
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