Parental and home influences on adolescents' TV viewing: A mediation analysis

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 6, Issue 2 -2, 2011, Pages

  Te Velde, Saskia J ^a   Van Der Horst, Klazine ^b,c   Oenema, Anke ^c   Timperio, Anna ^d   Crawford, David ^d   Brug, Johannes ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Family; Longitudinal survey; Mediation; Psychosocial factors; Television

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BED; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HABIT; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TELEVISION VIEWING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTENTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960012673     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17477166.2010.490264     Document Type: Article

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