A Study On The Influence Of Family Social Capital On Adolescents’ Physical Exercise

Family is the original unit of teenagers,which almost determines all their resources for activities and has a great impact on their physical exercise,health behavior and other behaviors.The domestic researches on the influence of family on adolescents’participation in physical exercise mainly focus on describing the current situation of adolescents’participation in physical exercise or exploring the family-related factors,while there are relatively few studies on the relationship between family social capital and adolescents’physical exercise.Based on the theory of social capital,this study explores the influence of family social capital on adolescents’ participation in physical exercise.First of all,the study,taking teenagers aged 10 to 15 as the objects of survey,tries to explore whether family social capital has an impact on adolescents’ participation in physical exercise by using the Statal6.0 software to collate and analyze the data of Chinese Family Tracking Survey 2016(CFPS2016).Then,through the method of case study,it explores the associated mechanism with an aim to give suggestions on promoting the adolescents’participation in physical exercise.The findings of my study are as follows:(1)Family social capital has a positive influence on adolescents’ physical exercise.Specifically,the larger the size of family social network,the higher the frequency of physical exercise;The better the parent-child relationships,the higher the frequency of physical exercise;The higher the degree of parental control,the higher the frequency of physical exercise.(2)There are urban and rural differences in the influence of family social capital on the adolescents’physical exercise.The effect of parent-child relationships in rural areas on the adolescents’participation in physical exercise is slightly greater than that in the urban areas.A good social network in urban areas has a positive effect on the frequency of physical exercise of adolescents,and the degree of discipline here also has a greater influence on promoting the participation of physical exercise of adolescents.(3)There are gender differences in the influence of family social capital on adolescents’ physical exercise.The effect of parent-child relationship on the girls’participation in physical exercise is greater than that of boys.A good social network has a positive effect on the frequency of physical exercise,and the effect of discipline on promoting boys’ participation physical exercise participation is more significant than that of girls.(4)There are three main mechanisms by which family social capital influences adolescents’ participation in physical exercise:resource support mechanism,social norm mechanism,and role model mechanism.Resource support mechanism promotes the adolescents’ physical exercise by obtaining resources through family social capital;Social norm mechanism influences the adolescents’ participation in physical exercise through the consensus and attitude towards the physical exercise formed in family and family social network;Role model mechanism influences the adolescents’ participation in physical exercise of the adolescents through the exemplary role of families and family social network.