De la Torre-Cruz, Manuel J.López-Serrano, SebastiánRuiz-Ariza, AlbertoMartínez-López, Emilio J.2024-01-292024-01-292019-05De la Torre-Cruz, M. J., López-Serrano S., Ruiz-Ariza, A., & Martínez-López, E. (2019). Perceived parental support toward physical activity positively predicts physical self-concept in young adolescents.0144-341010.1080/01443410.2019.1620921https://hdl.handle.net/10953/1691Previous research that has examined the association between parental physical activity behaviour and physical self-concept in children and adolescents has found inconsistent relationships. This study examined whether perceived parental physical activity practice contributed to the explanation of physical self-concept in adolescents based on the anthropometric characteristics and physical fitness status of the adolescent participants. One thousand and nineteen compulsory education students participated in the study (M = 14.14 years). Beyond the influence of gender, age, body mass index, and physical fitness status, perceived past parental physical activity levels, general support and guiding support explained physical activity self-concept, perceived sport competence and resistance. It is concluded that instrumental and guiding support are positively related to adolescents’ physical self-concept. A higher physical self-concept could increase the practice of physical activity and decrease its early dropout at these ages.engParental physical activityphysical self-conceptadolescentsfitnessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess