A Study On The Effect Of Parental Support On Children And Adolescents' Willingness To Participate In Physical Activity

Under the background of Healthy China 2030,the physical condition of children and adolescents has attracted great attention from all walks of life."Young people are strong,China is strong." The physical health of children and adolescents is not only about themselves,but also an important cornerstone of the country's future development.A number of studies have shown that in recent years,the physical fitness of children and adolescents in my country has been declining year by year.How to effectively improve the physical health of children and adolescents is a problem that needs to be solved urgently.Participating in sports activities can effectively improve the physical fitness of children and adolescents.In recent years,a number of policies have been introduced to encourage children and adolescents to participate in sports activities.Cultivating children and adolescents' awareness of sports activities and promoting children and adolescents to actively participate in sports activities are issues that need to be resolved by the joint efforts of schools,families and society.Previous related studies have shown that parental support is one of the important factors affecting children and adolescents' participation in sports activities.However,from the current research,the mechanism of how parental support affects the willingness of children and adolescents to participate in sports activities has not been sorted out.Therefore,from the perspective of parental support,this research explores the influence mechanism of different types of parental support on children and adolescents' willingness to participate in sports activities.By consulting relevant literature,this study draws on social support theory,based on the technical acceptance model theoretical framework,selects parental support as an independent variable,perceived usefulness as an intermediary variable,and children's and adolescents' willingness to participate in sports activities as a result variable,constructing parents Support the influence model of children and adolescents' willingness to participate in sports activities,and use questionnaire surveys,interviews and other methods to conduct research with children and adolescents aged 6-18 as the research objects.In this survey,a total of 1,200 questionnaires were distributed through schools,sports training institutions,communities,etc.,and 1,053 were finally recovered.Use exploratory factor analysis,confirmatory factor analysis,independent sample T test,correlation and regression analysis and other mathematical statistical methods to analyze the questionnaire.Finally,analyze and summarize the results of the research,and put forward relevant suggestions.The relevant results of this study show that: 1)There is no significant difference between gender in motivational support,conditional support,instrumental support,informational support,perceived usefulness,and willingness to participate in sports activities.Children and adolescents of different ages and different grades have significant differences in some aspects.2)Conditional support has a positive and significant impact on willingness to participate in sports activities.Motivational support,instrumental support,and informational support have no significant influence on willingness to participate in sports activities.3)Parental support has a positive and significant impact on perceived usefulness.From the perspective of the degree of influence,motivational support is the most influential,followed by informational and instrumental support,and conditional support is the least influential.4)Perceived usefulness has a significant positive impact on willingness to participate in sports activities.Perceived usefulness plays a partial mediating role between conditional support and willingness to participate in sports activities,and a complete mediation role between motivational support,instrumental support and information support and willingness to participate in sports activities.Finally,based on the relevant conclusions of this research,the following suggestions are put forward: 1)Pay attention to the meaning of participation and promote parental participation;2)Change ideas and enrich support forms;3)Choose support strategies based on specific situations;4)Focus on perceived value and cultivate emotional awareness know.