Parental support exceeds parenting style for promoting active play in preschool children

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 182, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1057-1069

  Schary, David P ^a   Cardinal, Bradley J ^a   Loprinzi, Paul D ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

exercise; family; parental influence; physical activity; physical fitness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863313817     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2012.685622     Document Type: Article

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