"We are an active family": a randomized trial protocol to evaluate a family-system social identity intervention to promote child physical activity.
Evangeline Streight, Mark R Beauchamp, Kurt J Smith...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39333930Actively Recruiting
Phase Not Applicable
Age: 6Years - 12Years
All Genders
Healthy Volunteers
ID05794789
"We Are an Active Family": Promoting Child Physical Activity Through Social Identity Formation in the Family System
Led by University of Victoria · Updated on 2025-04-03
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Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
137 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of Victoria
Lead Sponsor
D
Diabetes Canada
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Researchers are investigating how forming a family physical activity (PA) identity can promote long-term physical activity in children aged 6 to 12 years. They aim to find out if a family identity formation approach, which includes education and planning, increases children's moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) more than a standard education and planning program after six months. The study also explores if this approach improves children's health-related fitness and how parental support and family dynamics may influence these outcomes. Participants in the social identity group receive standard education and planning plus two extra sessions focused on developing a family PA identity. These sessions include education on PA benefits as a family, creating a family PA action plan, assigning fun family PA roles, and activities like making a family PA t-shirt and displaying family PA photos. The second session focuses on parental support identity using behavior change principles. The study is behavioral and does not involve medication or devices. Families will be involved for six months, with assessments at baseline, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months to measure changes in children's physical activity. Researchers will evaluate child MVPA levels, health-related fitness, and the role of parental support using questionnaires and activity tracking. The study also monitors safety through a Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire and includes families from specific regions in British Columbia. The total participation includes education, planning, coaching sessions, and follow-up assessments.
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Official Title
"We Are an Active Family": Promoting Child Physical Activity Through Social Identity Formation in the Family System
Who Can Participate
Age: 6Years - 12Years
All Genders
Healthy Volunteers
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- At least one parent with a child between 6 and 12 years old
- Families must live in Greater Victoria, Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Duncan, Vancouver, Richmond, Surrey, Burnaby, British Columbia
- Child participates in less than 60 minutes per day of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA)
You will not qualify if you...
- Child meets or exceeds 60 minutes per day of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA)
- Participant does not pass the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PARQ)
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
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Psychology of Exercise, Health, and Physical Activity (PEHPA) Laboratory, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6T 1Z1
Not Yet Recruiting
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Behavioural Medicine Lab, University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, V8P-5C2
Actively Recruiting
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Research Team
E
Evie Streight, MSc.
S
Sandy Courtnall
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
2
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