Family and PA, trends throughout a lifetime

Question 1

Teenage years

Answer 1

• PA declines into adolescence
• increased conflict with family
• experiment with unhealthy behaviours
• peer group becomes more influential

Question 2

Marriage

Answer 2

• engage in lower rates of health damaging behaviours

- Protective effect in marriage

Question 3

Marriage

-Protective Effect

Answer 3

1) social support
- promotes psychological well being
- married women need highly supportive husbands to be active (spousal approval)
* beneficail effects of marriage only apply to women (men maintain PA)
2) Social control
- married ppl less likely to engage in health destructive behaviours (have a commitment to spouse).

Question 4

Having Children

Answer 4

More barriers, less time

• lack of time due to family obligations
• lack of support from partners & family/friends
• costs

Question 5

Divorce

Answer 5

Men: higher tobacco use, alcohol consumption, weight loss
Women: Reduced sleep, increases weight loss.
-Less active…more studies needed.

Question 6

Single Parent Families

Answer 6

Need more research***

• some day less active, more sedentary
• others say more tv time, but more active

Question 7

Same Sex families

Answer 7

• provide better environment for active lifestyles

- identify importance of leisure time, both together and and alone.

Question 8

Older population

Answer 8

• most are inactive
• Socially isolated, leads to:
  1) anxiety and arousal stress (creates high BP)
  2) reduce social support and social control for heathy behaviours (lower QUALITY of support)
  3) Social ties linking ppl w/ social networks & access to health resources are reduced (lower QUANTITY of support)

Question 9

Family Caregivers

Answer 9

• more limitations for PA

- may respond to stress by engaging in neg. health behaviours (including reduced PA)