{"doi":"10.1177/08901171251315022","title":"The Association Between Father Support and Daughter Physical Activity: Insights From a Study Involving U.S. Latina Pre-Teens","abstract":"PurposeSocial support, particularly from family, is crucial for physical activity (PA) among youth. This study examined the association between father support and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in Latina pre-teens and explored the moderating role of body mass index (BMI).DesignCross-sectional analysis.SettingBaseline data from a pilot randomized controlled trial in San Diego County. SubjectsSixty Latina pre-teen girls aged 8-11 years.MeasuresGirls' MVPA was measured via accelerometry. An exploratory factor analysis created a composite measure of father support, reported by mothers.AnalysisHierarchical linear regression models, adjusting for covariates, assessed the relationship between father support and MVPA. Interaction models tested the moderating effect of BMI z-score (zBMI).ResultsFather support was significantly associated with MVPA (b-range = 0.07 to 0.08, 95%CI = 0.02, 0.13) after adjusting for age, income, acculturation, and maternal support. However, this association became non-significant with the inclusion of zBMI (b = 0.06, 95%CI: -0.01, 0.11). The interaction model showed a significant positive association between father support and MVPA among girls with a healthy weight (b = 0.27, 95%CI: 0.27, 2.68) but not among those with overweight/obesity (b = 0.95, 95%CI: -0.38, 2.28).ConclusionOur findings indicate a potential association between father support and daughters' MVPA among girls with a healthy weight. Further research is needed to understand why this association is not observed in girls with overweight/obesity.","journal":"American Journal of Health Promotion","year":2025,"id":551219,"datarank":0.10397207708399181,"base_score":0.6931471805599453,"endowment":0.6931471805599453,"self_citation_contribution":0.10397207708399181,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.10397207708399181,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":1,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9407,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2025-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":1447375,"name":"Alma I. Behar","orcid":null,"position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":340271,"name":"Jennifer Schneider","orcid":"0000-0002-7928-4733","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1447051,"name":"Marisa Torres","orcid":"0000-0002-9027-8828","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1104926,"name":"Victoria M. Telles","orcid":"0000-0001-7220-0181","position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":928055,"name":"Scott Roesch","orcid":null,"position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":595841,"name":"Guadalupe X. Ayala","orcid":"0000-0002-3850-5798","position":6,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":371550,"name":"Tom Baranowski","orcid":"0000-0002-0653-2222","position":7,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1086505,"name":"Becky Marquez","orcid":"0000-0001-9187-2688","position":8,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":340272,"name":"Elva M. Arredondo","orcid":"0000-0002-9715-692X","position":9,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1063898,"name":"Taynara Formagini","orcid":"0000-0001-9318-5734","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":75,"raw_metadata":{"citation_network_status":"fetched"},"created_at":"2026-07-19T02:54:25.065895Z","pmid":"39825786","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}