Screen time and physical-literacy among children in underserved communities – an explorative study
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https://doi.org/10.14288/hfjc.v14i3.499Keywords:
Children, Adolescent, Physical Literacy, Physical Activity, Screen-Time, motivationAbstract
Background: While physical literacy (PL) is seen to have a key role for a physically active lifestyle, explanatory factors of screen-time and the association between screen-time and PL is yet not well understood. Purpose: To identify patterns and factors that are associated with screen-time regarding characteristics of PL and socio-demographic characteristics among children in underserved community (UC). Methods: A digital survey were distributed among children in grade 4-5 at primary schools in UC in Western Sweden. All children participated in a physical activity project that was complementary resources for the regular physical education lessons. The survey consisted of background and screen-time questions and questions adapted from three different instruments measuring PL; The Basic-Psychological-Needs-in-Exercise-Scale, the Behavioral-Regulation-in-Exercise-Questionnaire-2 and Physical-Literacy-Knowledge-Questionnaire. Univariate and multivariate analysis were used to investigate correlates and differences in subgroups. Results: A total of 334 children (52% girls) answered the survey, whereof 27% had immigrated as child to Sweden, most of them were active in one sport (44%); 20% had neither parents nor siblings which were physically active (PA). Most of the children enjoyed being PA (67%), that was significant correlated (fair to moderate) with almost all characteristics of PL. In average, screen-time was 4.3 hours per day per week (boys had significant more screen-time than girls, 5.2 versus 3.8 hours, (p=0.007, based on complete screen-time answers from n=219 children). Prioritizing reading were significant negative correlated with screen-time (p<0.05). Children with less screen time preferred significantly more playing with friends, being PA, and reading (p<0.05). Further, children with less screen time more often enjoy their exercise sessions, while those with more screen-time more common take part in exercise because of others say that they should (p<0.05). Conclusions: Daily screen-time was high despite the fact that three quarter of the children were active in at least one sport and had physically active parents and siblings. Boys and children with newly immigrated background are at higher risk for excessive ST. Having a family with both parents and siblings as physical active, being interested in and comfortable with reading as well as intrinsic motivation to exercise might be able to reduce ST. Funding: None.
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