Table 1 Types of social support for physical activity
Type of support | Sub-types of support/description |
|---|---|
Emotional support | Providing child with encouragement for physical activities; encouraging child to be active; talking to child about physical activities; praise; watching child perform physical activities |
Instrumental support (logistic support) | Financial support; providing transport to physical activities; providing equipment for child to be physically active (e.g. bicycle) |
Informational support | Feedback on physical activities; providing instruction or advice to be physically active |
Co-participation | Performing activities with child (e.g. going for walks together) |
Modelling | Provider ‘models’ PA and child modifies their behaviour/associations between activity levels of provider and child |
Total social support | A composite score of social support, typically refers to one or more of the above sub-types of support |