"We Are an Active Family": Promoting Child Physical Activity Through Social Identity Formation in the Family System
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age6-12
SponsorUniversity of Victoria
About this trial
The purpose of our study is to explore the effectiveness of physical activity (PA) identity formation in the family system as a promotor of long-term PA. The primary research question is:
Does a family identity formation condition (with education+planning) result in increased child moderate- to vigorous-intensity PA (MVPA) compared to a standard comparison education and planning condition at six months? Hypothesis: Child MVPA will be higher for the identity formation condition in comparison to the more standard PA education+planning condition at six months.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Participants will be at least one parent with at least one child between the ages of 6 and 12 years.
Families (parents and/or guardians and children) residing in Greater Victoria, Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Duncan, Vancouver, Richmond, Surrey, Burnaby, British Columbia.
Children that participate in <60 minutes/day of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA)
Disqualifiers
If child is meeting the current physical activity guidelines >=60 minutes a day of moderate to vigorous physical activity per day.
If participant does not pass Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PARQ)
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Social Identity
BehavioralThis group will receive the same content as the education+planning as well as two additional sessions. This includes short overviews of the benefits of PA as a family, brainstorming how a family can each assist each other in PA, and an activity for developing a family PA action plan. Behavior change techniques such as identity salience, identity similarity, and identity fit and contrast are included in the coaching session include. This will be supplemented by an organization of fun family PA roles for all members (e.g., activity planner, goal setter, supporter, etc.) to instill involvement as well as items (creation of a family PA t-shirt, family PA photos and display, etc.) to instill distinctiveness, which is a central feature of a social identity. Worksheets and discussion will be included. The second session will involve only the parent(s) to focus on parental support identity and the content is based on the behavior change principles of self-identity theory.
Treatment groups
148 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: PA education and planning conditionNo intervention 0 interventions
Group B: Identity formation conditionExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Change from baseline in children's moderate to vigorous physical activity to 6 months
Children's physical activity will be quantified by accelerometry. Children will wear an accelerometer for a minimum of 6 hours per day for 7 days at baseline, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months.
Time frame
Baseline, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 monthsSecondary outcomes
1
Parent-child intergenerational activity via seven-day accelerometry
Accelerometer model has a Bluetooth proximity detection feature that can determine the presence (e.g., same room in a house, at the park together) or absence of close proximity between two accelerometers. The outcome variable will be average minutes per day parents and children were both engaging in physical activity at the same time while in close proximity.
Time frame
Baseline - 6 months2
Parent-child intergenerational activity measured via parent self-report
For self-reported PA, the the Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire will be used.
Time frame
Baseline - 6 months3
Body Composition - Weight
Weight (kg)
Time frame
Baseline - 6 months4
Body Composition - Height
Height (cm)
Time frame
Baseline - 6 monthsSponsors and contacts
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University of Victoria
Lead sponsor
Diabetes Canada
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov