Activity Level in Children and Their Parents.

Activity-level and child-rearing questionnaires were ad- ministered to mothers and fathers of 43 children in nursery school. Mothers rated themselves as well as their children on their childhood activity level; fathers rated only themselves. The mother-child and father-child correlations for activity level were significant (r = .48 and r = .42, respectively). Correlations between parental attitudes toward child rearing and activity level of their children Were generally non significant, though mothers and fathers of active boys tended to he less protective and indulgent. The results were interpreted as consistent with a heritable component to activity level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]