How does parents’ social support impact children’s health practice? Examining a mediating role of health knowledge

• Main Authors: STRAUGHAN, Paulin Tay, XU, Chengwei
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: Childhood obesity; Health knowledge; Health practice; Social support; Social determinants; Weight management; Family, Life Course, and Society; Health Communication; Medicine and Health; Social Psychology and Interaction
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3753; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5011/viewcontent/How_does_parents__social_support_impact_children_s_health_practice.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Background: Family environmental factors play a vital role in shaping children’s health practices (e.g., obesity prevention). It is still unclear how parents’ social support affects children’s obesity-related health practices. The present study argues that whether parents’ social support positively...