Associations between parent and child 24-hour movement behaviours across the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.

Publication date: Jul 01, 2025

Parents influence and support children’s healthy movement behaviours (physical activity, sedentary time, sleep). During the COVID-19 pandemic, families spent even more time together. Thus, parents likely had greater influence on their child’s movement behaviours than usual. This study assessed the associations between parent and child movement behaviours and compliance with movement behaviour guidelines at two time points during the COVID-19 pandemic. National samples of parents of children and adolescents (5-17 years) living in Canada completed online surveys about their own and their child’s movement behaviours in October 2020 (n = 1,568, 58% women) and April 2021 (n = 1,600, 60% women). Associations between parent and child movement behaviours and compliance with 24-hour movement behaviour guidelines were examined. We observed mostly positive, significant correlations between parent and child movement behaviours in October 2020 (r = 0. 12-0. 26, p 

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