Family Sports Climate and Adolescent Physical Learning: Survey of 1,625 Students

1,625 middle and high school students and their parents participated in a survey examining the relationship between family sports climate and adolescent autonomous physical learning behavior. The dataset supports a moderated parallel mediation model, analyzing the roles of paternal and maternal exercise motivation and the moderating effect of gender. Results indicate significant direct and indirect effects, with gender moderating specific pathways in the model.

Use Cases

• Testing moderated parallel mediation models based on family sports climate, parental motivation, and adolescent behavior scales.
• Analyzing gender differences in the pathways linking family environment to physical learning outcomes.
• Investigating the independent mediating effects of paternal versus maternal exercise motivation.
• Providing empirical evidence for designing family-based physical activity intervention programs.

Strengths

• Dataset is based on a substantial sample of 1,625 adolescent-parent dyads (837 males, 788 females).
• Analysis employs validated scales (Family Sports Climate Scale, Exercise Motivation Scale, Autonomous Physical Learning Behavior Scale) and advanced statistical methods (Mplus, PROCESS macro).
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, facilitating reuse and sharing.

Limitations

• Column names and the complete data structure are not provided in the metadata, limiting immediate understanding of variables.
• The dataset's temporal and geographic coverage is not specified, restricting contextual interpretation.
• The 'Last updated' date of 2026-03-24 appears to be a future date, which is a conflict in factual metadata.

Provenance

Source

Survey of middle and high school students and their parents, conducted by author L WW.

Collection Method

Data collected via questionnaire scales (Family Sports Climate Scale, Exercise Motivation Scale parental versions, Autonomous Physical Learning Behavior Scale).

Time Range

null

Freshness

2026-03 24 00:21:18

Geography

null