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RECRUITINGINTERVENTIONAL

"We Are an Active Family": Promoting Child Physical Activity Through Social Identity Formation in the Family System

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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.

Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)

Who May Qualify: - 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) Who Should NOT Join This Trial: - 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) Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.

Original Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria: * 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) Exclusion Criteria: * 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)

Treatments Being Tested

BEHAVIORAL

Social Identity

This 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.

Locations (2)

Psychology of Exercise, Health, and Physical Activity (PEHPA) Laboratory, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Behavioural Medicine Lab, University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada