"We Are an Active Family": Promoting Child Physical Activity Through Social Identity Formation in the Family System
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Social Identity.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Physical Activity, Social Identity. Basic parameters: 6 years — 12 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Canada
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The purpose of our study is to explore the effectiveness of physical activity (PA) identity formation in the family system as a promotor of long-term PA. The primary research question is: Does a family identity formation condition (with education+planning) result in increased child moderate- to vigorous-intensity PA (MVPA) compared to a standard comparison education and planning condition at six months? Hypothesis: Child MVPA will be higher for the identity formation condition in comparison to the more standard PA education+planning condition at six months.
Detailed description
The secondary research questions will include:
1. Does the identity formation condition improve child health-related fitness outcomes compared to the education and planning condition at six months? Hypothesis: Child health-related fitness will be higher for the identity formation condition in comparison to the education and planning condition. 2. Can group differences among behavioural, and health-related fitness outcomes be explained through a mediation model? Hypothesis: The covariance of the assigned conditions (identity formation, planning + education) on child MVPA will be explained by parental support, and through parental support identity (i.e., manipulation check). In turn, the covariance between support and health-related outcomes will be explained by MVPA among conditions. In the case of null outcomes for research question #1, the investigators will instead explore a prediction model of these variables rather than a mediation model. 3. Is there an intergenerational, seasonal, or sex difference across primary outcomes by assigned condition? Hypothesis: Parents in the identity formation condition will show higher physical activity via some activities being performed with their children (as part of social identity) in comparison to the other condition. No differences in child sex or season are hypothesized based on past research.
Interventions
- Behavioral Social Identity
This group will receive the same content as the education+planning as well as two additional sessions. This includes short overviews of the benefits of PA as a family, brainstorming how a family can each assist each other in PA, and an activity for developing a family PA action plan. Behavior change techniques such as identity salience, identity similarity, and identity fit and contrast are included in the coaching session include. This will be supplemented by an organization of fun family PA ro
Primary outcome measures
- Change from baseline in children's moderate to vigorous physical activity to 6 months [Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months]
Secondary outcome measures (12)
- Parent-child intergenerational activity via seven-day accelerometry [Time frame: Baseline - 6 months]
- Parent-child intergenerational activity measured via parent self-report [Time frame: Baseline - 6 months]
- Body Composition - Weight [Time frame: Baseline - 6 months]
- Body Composition - Height [Time frame: Baseline - 6 months]
- Body Composition - Waist Circumference [Time frame: Baseline - 6 months]
- Body Composition - Percentage Body Fat [Time frame: Baseline - 6 months]
- Cardiovascular Fitness (ie: predicted maximal aerobic power) [Time frame: Baseline - 6 months]
- Musculoskeletal Fitness [Time frame: Baseline - 6 months]
- Musculoskeletal Endurance [Time frame: Baseline - 6 months]
- Musculoskeletal Power [Time frame: Baseline - 6 months]
- Musculoskeletal Flexibility [Time frame: Baseline - 6 months]
- The Multi-Process Action Control (MPAC) Constructs - Instrumental Attitude [Time frame: Baseline - 6 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Participants will be at least one parent with at least one child between the ages of 6 and 12 years.
- Families (parents and/or guardians and children) residing in Greater Victoria, Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Duncan, Vancouver, Richmond, Surrey, Burnaby, British Columbia.
- Children that participate in <60 minutes/day of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA)
Exclusion criteria
- If child is meeting the current physical activity guidelines >=60 minutes a day of moderate to vigorous physical activity per day.
- If participant does not pass Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PARQ)
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
Canada · 2 centers
- Psychology of Exercise, Health, and Physical Activity (PEHPA) Laboratory, University of Br — Vancouver
- Behavioural Medicine Lab, University of Victoria — Victoria
Publications
- Streight E, Beauchamp MR, Smith KJ, Blanchard CM, Carson V, Strachan SM, Vanderloo LM, Courtnall S, Rhodes RE. "We are an active family": a randomized trial protocol to evaluate a family-system social identity intervention to promote child physical activity. BMC Public Health. 2024 Sep 27;24(1):2605. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-20024-8. PMID 39333930
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05794789 · 23-0022