Adolescent body satisfaction: the role of perceived parental encouragement for physical activity

Table 1 Mediation Model using Hierarchical Regression Analyses to Predict Adolescents' Body Satisfaction at age 16 with Fathers' Encouragement for Physical Activity and Adolescents' Leisure-time Physical Activity, Adjusting for Adolescents' Body Mass Index at age 15

Variable	Fchange	Df	R² change	β ¹	β ²
Step 1: Predicting Age 16 Adolescents' Body Satisfaction with Fathers' Encouragement for Physical Activity Measured at Age 15
Block 1	6.54**	326	0.02
BMI				-0.14**	-0.14**
Block 2	3.82*	325	0.01
Father encouragement PA					0.11*
Step 2: Predicting Age 15 Adolescents' Leisure-time Exercise Behavior with Fathers' Encouragement for Physical Activity Measured at Age 15
Block 1	0.36	309	0.01
BMI				0.03	0.03
Block 2	8.65**	308	0.03
Father encouragement PA					0.17**
Step 3: Predicting Age 16 Adolescent Body Satisfaction with Adolescent Leisure-time Exercise Behavior Measured at Age 15
Block 1	5.61*	308	0.02
BMI				-0.13*	-0.14**
Block 2	6.15**	307	0.02
LTEQ					0.14**
Step 4: Predicting Age 16 Adolescent Body Satisfaction with Fathers' Encouragement for Physical Activity and Adolescent Leisure-time Exercise Behavior Measured at Age 15
Block 1	6.59**	300	0.02
BMI				-0.15**	-0.15**
Block 2	4.18*	298	0.03
Father encouragement PA					0.08
LTEQ					0.13*

Note.β^1-2 = standardized regression coefficients; Df = degrees of freedom. *p < .05; **p < .01; Abbreviations. BMI = body mass index; LTEQ = Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire

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