Study on the Factors Affecting the Participation in Parent-child Leisure Sports—A Case Study of Miaoli County Primary Schools

1Kuang-Tai Liu, 2Chiu-Chi We, 3*Hung-Teng Chang, 4Im-Lin Hu, 5Yu-Ting Hsu
 
1, 2Department of Industrial Engineering and System Management, Chung Hua University
707, Sec. 2, WuFu Rd., Hsinchu 300, Taiwan R.O.C.
3*Ph.D. Program of Technology Management, Chung Hua University
707, Sec. 2, WuFu Rd., Hsinchu 300, Taiwan R.O.C.
4General Education Center, Yu Da University of Science and Technology
No. 168, Hsueh-fu Rd., Tanwen Village, Chaochiao Township, Miaoli County 361, Taiwan R.O.C.
5Department of Information Management, Yu Da University of Science and Technology
No. 168, Hsueh-fu Rd., Tanwen Village, Chaochiao Township, Miaoli County 361, Taiwan R.O.C.
 
Abstract: 
Affected by globalization, low birth rate, and aging, the factors influencing leisure sports factors change correspondingly. Due to immature mental development, the selection of leisure sports of primary school children was mainly affected by the preferences of their parents. And
parents gradually consider the needs of their children during such selection. This study aimed to understand the influencing factors of parents' participation in parent-child leisure sports. First was literature collection and summary of the opinions of experts and scholars which were used to form a questionnaire. And parents were invited to fill in the questionnaire. AHP was employed to conclude consistency and the relationship of weights. The results show that, the top three factors in terms of weight are promotion of family relationship (0.265), expansion of life experience (0.134), and personality characteristics (0.082). It is obvious that the encouragement of parents to participate in parent-child leisure sports can enhance the relationship of family members and expand knowledge and life experience. Among the 13 factors, population structure is not stressed, indicating that, during different development stages of family, the differences in the age of family members and number of family members have little influence on the participation in parent-child leisure sports by parents. In terms of the topic of participation in parent-child leisure sports, this study initially completed basic investigation and analysis and will serve as reference for future relevant studies.
 
Keywords: 

parents, parent-child sports, family relationship, recreational, exercise

pages: 

27-32

Year: 

2018

Published in: 

Eurasian Conference on Educational Innovation 2018

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