Temperament Is Associated With Outdoor Free Play in Young Children: A TARGet Kids! Study

Julia R Sharp¹, Jonathon L Maguire², Sarah Carsley³, Kawsari Abdullah³, Yang Chen⁴, Eliana M Perrin⁵, Patricia C Parkin⁶, Catherine S Birken⁷; TARGet Kids! Collaboration

Collaborators, Affiliations

Collaborators

TARGet Kids! Collaboration:
Catherine S Birken, Jonathon L Maguire, Eddy Lau, Andreas Laupacis, Patricia C Parkin, Michael Salter, Peter Szatmari, Shannon Weir, Kawsari Abdullah, Mary Aglipay, Yamna Ali, Laura N Anderson, Imaan Bayoumi, Catherine S Birken, Cornelia M Borkhoff, Sarah Carsley, Shiyi Chen, Yang Chen, David W H Dai, Denise Darmawikarta, Cindy-Lee Dennis, Karen Eny, Stephanie Erdle, Kayla Furlong, Kanthi Kavikondala, Christine Koroshegyi, Christine Kowal, Grace Jieun Lee, Jonathon L Maguire, Dalah Mason, Jessica Omand, Patricia C Parkin, Navindra Persaud, Lesley Plumptre, Meta van den Heuvel, Shelley Vanderhout, Peter Wong, Weeda Zabih, Murtala Abdurrahman, Barbara Anderson, Kelly Anderson, Gordon Arbess, Jillian Baker, Tony Barozzino, Sylvie Bergeron, Dimple Bhagat, Nicholas Blanchette, Gary Bloch, Joey Bonifacio, Ashna Bowry, Anne Brown, Jennifer Bugera, Caroline Calpin, Douglas Campbell, Sohail Cheema, Elaine Cheng, Brian Chisamore, Evelyn Constantin, Erin Culbert, Karoon Danayan, Paul Das, Mary Beth Derocher, Anh Do, Michael Dorey, Kathleen Doukas, Anne Egger, Allison Farber, Amy Freedman, Sloane Freeman, Keewai Fung, Sharon Gazeley, Donna Goldenberg, Charlie Guiang, Dan Ha, Shuja Hafiz, Curtis Handford, Laura Hanson, Leah Harrington, Hailey Hatch, Teresa Hughes, Sheila Jacobson, Lukasz Jagiello, Gwen Jansz, Paul Kadar, Tara Kiran, Lauren Kitney, Holly Knowles, Bruce Kwok, Sheila Lakhoo, Margarita Lam-Antoniades, Eddy Lau, Fok-Han Leung, Alan Li, Patricia Li, Jennifer Loo, Joanne Louis, Sarah Mahmoud, Roy Male, Vashti Mascoll, Rosemary Moodie, Julia Morinis, Maya Nader, Sharon Naymark, Patricia Neelands, James Owen, Jane Parry, Michael Peer, Kifi Pena, Marty Perlmutar, Navindra Persaud, Andrew Pinto, Tracy Pitt, Michelle Porepa, Vikky Qi, Nasreen Ramji, Noor Ramji, Jesleen Rana, Alana Rosenthal, Katherine Rouleau, Janet Saunderson, Rahul Saxena, Vanna Schiralli, Michael Sgro, Susan Shepherd, Barbara Smiltnieks, Cinntha Srikanthan, Carolyn Taylor, Suzanne Turner, Fatima Uddin, Joanne Vaughan, Thea Weisdorf, Sheila Wijayasinghe, Peter Wong, Anne Wormsbecker, Ethel Ying, Elizabeth Young, Michael Zajdman, Marivic Bustos, Charmaine Camacho, Dharma Dalwadi, Thivia Jegathesan, Tarandeep Malhi, Sharon Thadani, Julia Thompson, Laurie Thompson, Christopher Allen, Bryan Boodhoo, Judith Hall, Peter Juni, Gerald Lebovic, Karen Pope, Jodi Shim, Kevin Thorpe, Azar Azad

Affiliations

¹ Department of Post-Graduate Medical Education, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), University of Toronto, Canada.
² Paediatric Outcomes Research Team, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), University of Toronto, Canada; Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), University of Toronto, Canada; The Applied Health Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada; Department of Paediatrics, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
³ Paediatric Outcomes Research Team, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), University of Toronto, Canada.
⁴ The Applied Health Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Primary Care, Duke University, Durham, NC.
⁶ Paediatric Outcomes Research Team, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), University of Toronto, Canada; Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), University of Toronto, Canada.
⁷ Paediatric Outcomes Research Team, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), University of Toronto, Canada; Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), University of Toronto, Canada; Child Health Evaluative Studies, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, Canada; The Applied Health Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada. Electronic address: catherine.birken@sickkids.ca.

PMID: 28842293
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2017.08.006

Temperament Is Associated With Outdoor Free Play in Young Children: A TARGet Kids! Study

Julia R Sharp et al. Acad Pediatr. 2018 May-Jun.

. 2018 May-Jun;18(4):445-451.

doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2017.08.006. Epub 2017 Aug 24.

Authors

Julia R Sharp¹, Jonathon L Maguire², Sarah Carsley³, Kawsari Abdullah³, Yang Chen⁴, Eliana M Perrin⁵, Patricia C Parkin⁶, Catherine S Birken⁷; TARGet Kids! Collaboration

Collaborators

TARGet Kids! Collaboration:
Catherine S Birken, Jonathon L Maguire, Eddy Lau, Andreas Laupacis, Patricia C Parkin, Michael Salter, Peter Szatmari, Shannon Weir, Kawsari Abdullah, Mary Aglipay, Yamna Ali, Laura N Anderson, Imaan Bayoumi, Catherine S Birken, Cornelia M Borkhoff, Sarah Carsley, Shiyi Chen, Yang Chen, David W H Dai, Denise Darmawikarta, Cindy-Lee Dennis, Karen Eny, Stephanie Erdle, Kayla Furlong, Kanthi Kavikondala, Christine Koroshegyi, Christine Kowal, Grace Jieun Lee, Jonathon L Maguire, Dalah Mason, Jessica Omand, Patricia C Parkin, Navindra Persaud, Lesley Plumptre, Meta van den Heuvel, Shelley Vanderhout, Peter Wong, Weeda Zabih, Murtala Abdurrahman, Barbara Anderson, Kelly Anderson, Gordon Arbess, Jillian Baker, Tony Barozzino, Sylvie Bergeron, Dimple Bhagat, Nicholas Blanchette, Gary Bloch, Joey Bonifacio, Ashna Bowry, Anne Brown, Jennifer Bugera, Caroline Calpin, Douglas Campbell, Sohail Cheema, Elaine Cheng, Brian Chisamore, Evelyn Constantin, Erin Culbert, Karoon Danayan, Paul Das, Mary Beth Derocher, Anh Do, Michael Dorey, Kathleen Doukas, Anne Egger, Allison Farber, Amy Freedman, Sloane Freeman, Keewai Fung, Sharon Gazeley, Donna Goldenberg, Charlie Guiang, Dan Ha, Shuja Hafiz, Curtis Handford, Laura Hanson, Leah Harrington, Hailey Hatch, Teresa Hughes, Sheila Jacobson, Lukasz Jagiello, Gwen Jansz, Paul Kadar, Tara Kiran, Lauren Kitney, Holly Knowles, Bruce Kwok, Sheila Lakhoo, Margarita Lam-Antoniades, Eddy Lau, Fok-Han Leung, Alan Li, Patricia Li, Jennifer Loo, Joanne Louis, Sarah Mahmoud, Roy Male, Vashti Mascoll, Rosemary Moodie, Julia Morinis, Maya Nader, Sharon Naymark, Patricia Neelands, James Owen, Jane Parry, Michael Peer, Kifi Pena, Marty Perlmutar, Navindra Persaud, Andrew Pinto, Tracy Pitt, Michelle Porepa, Vikky Qi, Nasreen Ramji, Noor Ramji, Jesleen Rana, Alana Rosenthal, Katherine Rouleau, Janet Saunderson, Rahul Saxena, Vanna Schiralli, Michael Sgro, Susan Shepherd, Barbara Smiltnieks, Cinntha Srikanthan, Carolyn Taylor, Suzanne Turner, Fatima Uddin, Joanne Vaughan, Thea Weisdorf, Sheila Wijayasinghe, Peter Wong, Anne Wormsbecker, Ethel Ying, Elizabeth Young, Michael Zajdman, Marivic Bustos, Charmaine Camacho, Dharma Dalwadi, Thivia Jegathesan, Tarandeep Malhi, Sharon Thadani, Julia Thompson, Laurie Thompson, Christopher Allen, Bryan Boodhoo, Judith Hall, Peter Juni, Gerald Lebovic, Karen Pope, Jodi Shim, Kevin Thorpe, Azar Azad

Affiliations

¹ Department of Post-Graduate Medical Education, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), University of Toronto, Canada.
² Paediatric Outcomes Research Team, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), University of Toronto, Canada; Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), University of Toronto, Canada; The Applied Health Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada; Department of Paediatrics, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
³ Paediatric Outcomes Research Team, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), University of Toronto, Canada.
⁴ The Applied Health Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Primary Care, Duke University, Durham, NC.
⁶ Paediatric Outcomes Research Team, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), University of Toronto, Canada; Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), University of Toronto, Canada.
⁷ Paediatric Outcomes Research Team, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), University of Toronto, Canada; Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), University of Toronto, Canada; Child Health Evaluative Studies, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, Canada; The Applied Health Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada. Electronic address: catherine.birken@sickkids.ca.

PMID: 28842293
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2017.08.006

Abstract

Objective: Outdoor free play is important for preschoolers' physical activity, health, and development. Certain temperamental characteristics are associated with obesity, nutrition, and sedentary behaviors in preschoolers, but the relationship between temperament and outdoor play has not been examined. This study examined whether there is an association between temperament and outdoor play in young children.

Methods: Healthy children aged 1 to 5 years recruited to The Applied Research Group for Kids (TARGet Kids!), a community-based primary care research network, from July 2008 to September 2013 were included. Parent-reported child temperament was assessed using the Childhood Behavior Questionnaire. Outdoor free play and other potential confounding variables were assessed through validated questionnaires. Multivariable linear regression was used to determine the association between temperament and outdoor play, adjusted for potential confounders.

Results: There were 3393 children with data on outdoor play. The association between negative affectivity and outdoor play was moderated by sex; in boys, for every 1-point increase in negative affectivity score, mean outdoor play decreased by 4.7 minutes per day. There was no significant association in girls. Surgency was associated with outdoor play; for every 1-point increase in surgency/extraversion, outdoor play increased by 4.6 minutes per day.

Conclusions: Young children's temperamental characteristics were associated with their participation in outdoor free play. Consideration of temperament could enhance interventions and strategies to increase outdoor play in young children. Longitudinal studies are needed to elucidate the relationship between children's early temperament and physical activity.

Keywords: active play; free play; negative affectivity; outdoor play; physical activity; preschoolers; temperament.

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