Table 10 Summary statistics for hypothesized moderators of children’s physical activity and parental support; fixed and random effects analyses (using corrected r values)

Parental support

Composite-summary

34

.38

.30-.46

.38

.37-.39

.03

1204.70*

97.26

Coactivity

12

.28

.03-.50

.29

.27-.31

.13

2237.45*

99.51

Encouragement

19

.34

.25-.41

.36

.34-.37

.02

537.72*

96.65

Praise

6

.15

-.03-.32

.15

.11-.19

.04

88.49*

94.35

Watching

5

.16

.05-.27

.13

.10-.16

.01

30.47*

86.87

Transportation

6

.22

.12-.31

.16

.14-.19

.01

38.08*

86.87

Equipment

12

.21

.15-.27

.21

.17-.24

.01

32.49*

66.14

Monitoring

4

.14

-.03-.30

.22

.17-.27

.03

18.33*

83.64

Developmental age

Overall/composite

2-5.4 yrs

2.02

.37

7

.30

.18-.41

.28

.24-.33

.02

36.83*

83.71

5.5-12.4 yrs

10

.35

.21-.47

.38

.37-.40

.04

328.95*

97.26

12.5-19 yrs

17

.42

.29-.55

.40

.38-.41

.05

818.32*

98.05

Encouragement

2-5.4 yrs

0.48

.79

5

.29

.10-.45

.14

.10-.18

.04

30.90*

87.05

5.5-12.4 yrs

8

.36

.23-.48

.31

.28-.34

.03

103.89*

93.26

12.5-19 yrs

6

.34

.21-.45

.41

.40-.43

.03

213.24*

97.66

Measurement of PA

Overall/composite

Objective

19.53

<.01

11

.20

.13-.26

.21

.18-.24

.01

29.97

66.63

Self-report

23

.46

.37-.55

.41

.40-.43

.03

1047.24*

97.90

Encouragement

Objective

.00

.98

7

.34

.14-.51

.34

.27-.40

.05

38.83*

84.55

Reported

12

.34

.24-.43

.36

.34-.37

.02

498.52*

97.79

Quality

Overall/composite

.

High

.57

.45

7

.48

.17-.71

.38

36-.41

.18

659.51*

99.09

Moderate/low

24

.37

.29-.44

.41

.40-.43

.02

445.01*

94.83

Geographical Location^a

Overall/composite

USA

2.80

.25

21

.33

.25-.41

.37

.36-.39

.04

408.09*

95.10

AUS/NZ

4

.59

-.14-.90

.69

.66-.73

.68

438.27*

99.32

EUR

6

.45

.32-.56

.40

.37-.43

.03

75.55*

93.38

Encouragement

USA

2.87

.09

13

.36

.27-.44

.33

.30-.35

.03

105.40*

88.62

EUR

4

.20

.04-.35

.28

.26-.30

.03

125.39*

97.61