ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Sport Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1592844
This article is part of the Research TopicMotivations For Physical Activity - Volume IVView all 9 articles
Family sports intergenerational influence effect and related factors analysis in the Yangtze Delta of China
Provisionally accepted
- 1Liaoning Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
- 2Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
- 3College of Sports Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
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Background: The intergenerational influence of family sports behavior is not only related to the interaction and imitation between the two generations, but also to factors such as family culture and socioeconomic status. Objective: This study aims to investigate the intergenerational influence and determinants of family physical activity behavior in the Yangtze River Delta region of China. Methods: This study investigated sports motivation, sports conditions, and sports rating through parent-child scales distributed to 288 families with school-age children aged 9-19 in the same area. Information on the gender and age of the children in each family, as well as the age, occupation, income, and educational background of the parents, was collected. Finally, the above results were statistically analyzed using the t-test and One-way analysis of variance. Results: The results show that caregiving parents' gender has a significant impact on offspring sports motivation (OSM). The differences in the occupations of their parents have a significant impact on OSM, Offspring Sports Rating (OSR), and Offspring Sports Condition (OSC), and the sports-related occupations parents have a significant positive effect on the development of their offspring's sports behavior. As well as differences in the educational background of their parents have a significant impact on OSC. On the other hand, the offspring's influence on parental sports motivation (PSM) varies at different ages. Conclusion: Parental gender, education, occupation and children's age are the key factors in the intergenerational influence of family sports behavior in the Yangtze River Delta region of China.
Keywords: Intergenerational influence, family study, sports behavior, Sports motivation, Sports condition
Received: 13 Mar 2025; Accepted: 28 Jul 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Wenduo Liu, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
Zhengxue Song, College of Sports Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
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