Physical ActivitySSHRC-FamilyNCT06098716
All in the Family: Promoting Family Function Through Physical Activity
A study testing Self Regulation, PA Support & Family Social Identity and Education in people with Physical Activity and Family Functioning, run by University of Victoria at 1 site in Canada.
Trial summary
The goal of this trial is to find out whether adding identity-building and self-regulation training to basic healthy-living education helps families with inactive children (ages 6-12) become more cohesive and physically active. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 6 to 12 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Physical Activity, Family Functioning
- What is being tested?
- Self Regulation, PA Support & Family Social Identity and Education
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 165 participants
- Where
- 1 siteCanada
- Study dates
- 1 Sep 2024to 30 Mar 2028
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 6 to 12 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child
Who may be able to join
- Participants will be at least one parent with at least one child between the ages of 6 and 12 years.
- Families (parents and/or guardians and children) residing in Canada. Children that participate in <60 minutes/day of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA).
Who cannot join
- If child is meeting the current physical activity guidelines >=60 minutes a day of moderate to vigorous physical activity per day.
- If the participant does not pass the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PARQ) If children's age falls outside the 6-12 year range
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
Canada1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 2Y2
Ryan RHODES, rrhodes@uvic.ca
Sandy Courtnall, scourtnal@uvic.ca
About this study
The goal of this trial is to find out whether adding identity-building and self-regulation training to basic healthy-living education helps families with inactive children (ages 6-12) become more cohesive and physically active. The main question it aims to answer is:
Does the identity + self-regulation + education program improve family cohesion more than (a) self-regulation + education or (b) education alone?
Read more
Researchers will compare three groups-identity+self-regulation+education (ID), self-regulation+education (SR), and education-only (ED)-to see which produces the greatest improvements.
Participants will:
- attend three online workshops at baseline plus two booster sessions at 6-week and 3-month with a project coordinator;
- complete online questionnaires at baseline, 6-week, 3-month, and 6-month;
- take part in an exit interview at 6 months.
Read the detailed description
The primary objective of this study is to test the efficacy of three family physical activity (PA) interventions on a key family functioning outcome-family cohesion-through increased PA in children and parent-child co-PA. Our study tests three intervention conditions: 1) identity (ID; promotion of a PA parenting identities + self-regulation skills + education), 2) self-regulation (SR; promotion of PA parenting self-regulation skills + education) and 3) education (ED; an education about PA control condition). It is hypothesised that (H1): The ID condition will show significantly larger changes in family cohesion compared to the two other conditions after six-months (primary end-point) and (H2): The SR condition will show significantly larger changes in family cohesion compared to the ED control condition after six-months.
There are three secondary objectives for this study. First, this study aims to assess the impact of the three interventions on the remaining family-functioning dimensions-flexibility and organisation-and on behavioural outcomes (child MVPA and parent-child co-PA) at the 6-month end-point. The ID condition is hypothesized to lead to significantly greater increases in family flexibility, family organization, child MVPA and parent-child co-PA compared to the SR and ED conditions after six months (H3), with the SR condition also expected to outperform the ED condition in these PA outcomes (H4).
Second, this study will also investigate whether group differences in child and parent PA and family functioning outcomes can be explained through a mediation model based on the Multi-Process Action Control (M-PAC) framework. It is hypothesized that changes in child MVPA and parent-child co-PA will mediate the relationship between the intervention groups and family functioning outcomes. These changes in PA behaviors are expected to be predicted by alterations in family social identity and parental PA support identity, which will, in turn, be influenced by parental attitudes, perceptions of control (reflective processes), and behavioral self-regulation (regulatory processes) regarding child PA (H5).
Third, the present study will explore the potential moderating effects of seasonal variation, child sex, dual/single-parent status, parent sex and gender, child age, intervention adherence, and the type and format of PA on the primary outcomes across the three intervention conditions. While no specific hypotheses are pre-set for these factors, it is anticipated that participation in PA may decrease during winter due to weather conditions, and single-parent families might face more barriers to parent-child co-PA, leading to lower participation levels. Additionally, the composition and frequency patterns of child MVPA may influence family functioning outcomes differently across the intervention conditions.
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Family Functioning
- Being tested
- Self Regulation, PA Support & Family Social Identity, Education
- Keywords
- Parenting Practices, Exercise, Family Functioning, Identity, Self-Regulation;, Parental Support
- Medical subject headings
- Motor Activity, Self-Control
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Self RegulationBehavioural
How to plan for Family PA
PA Support & Family Social IdentityBehavioural
Exercises that strengthen parents' PA-support identity and a shared active-family identity through values reflection, role-modelling, visualization, and visible "active family" cues.
EducationBehavioural
Information about healthy living (e.g., PA, sleep hygiene and healthy eating)
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Education | Active comparator | The Education condition package will consist of Canada's PA guidelines, information about the benefits of child and adult PA, healthy living and a breakdown of ways for the parent to help their child achieve this PA. Receives: Behavioral: Education |
| Self Regulation | Experimental | The SR condition will receive all of the same education material as the education condition in addition to skill training content (how to plan for family PA) based on our prior family trials. Families will be instructed to plan for "when," "where," "how," and "what" PA will be performed, and to create back-up plans commensurate with the creation of action and coping planning. Receives: Behavioral: Self Regulation; Behavioral: Education |
| PA Support & Family Social Identity | Experimental | The ID condition receives the same education and self-regulation content as the other groups, but with additional activities designed to strengthen (i) parents' PA-support identity and (ii) the family's shared PA social identity. Session 1 involves only the parent(s) and focuses on parental support identity. The content is based on the behaviour change principles of self-identity theory that should lead to increases in self-identity. This session's activities include: 1) bringing awareness to the concept of identity and being a role model, 2) an activity on finding the meaning and value of parental support of child PA, 3) an activity on setting prioritization rules around parental support for child PA in comparison to other parenting responsibilities and values (brainstormed), 4) developing an affirmation for parental support self-talk, and 5) planning ways to visually demonstrate the parental support identity for self-categorization (e.g., on social media, pictures in frames). Receives: Behavioral: Self Regulation; Behavioral: PA Support & Family Social Identity; Behavioral: Education |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Family cohesion
Family cohension will be assessed using FAD \& FACES IV subscale = 1 = Strongly Disagree; 2 = Generally Disagree; 3 = Undecided; 4 = Generally Agree; 5 = Strongly Agree
Measured: Baseline, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months
Secondary outcomes (4)
Family functioning outcomes (i.e., family organisation and flexibility)
Family organisation and flexibility will be assessed using FAD \& FACES IV subscale = 1 = Strongly Disagree; 2 = Generally Disagree; 3 = Undecided; 4 = Generally Agree; 5 = Strongly Agree
Measured: Baseline, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months
Children's moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA)
Children's physical activity will be quantified by Self Report using Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children (PAQ-C)
Measured: Baseline, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months
Parent-child intergenerational activity measured via parent self-report
For parent-child co-PA, the Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire will be used.
Measured: Baseline, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months
Parental support and M-PAC Constructs
Parental support for child PA: 6-item activity-related parenting practices scale Parental support identity: 3-item version of the Exercise Identity Scale Family PA identity: 4-item scale from Doosje, Ellemers 's ingroup identification measure Parental support habits: 4-item version of the Self-Reported Habit Strength Index Behavioral regulation of parental support: 11-item Physical Activity Regulation Scale Perceived capability and perceived opportunity: 7-item perceived control measure Attitude: 6-item affective and instrumental attitude scale Parental intention: 2-item decisional intention and intention strength scale
Measured: Baseline, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted24 Oct 2023
- Study start1 Sep 2024
- Primary completion30 Mar 2028 (estimated)
- Study completion30 Mar 2028 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Physical ActivityStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- 3 arm parallel design single blinded randomized control trial
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Participant
- Enrolment
- 165 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Victoria
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Ryan Rhodes, University of Victoria
- Investigators
- Ryan Rhodes, PhD, Principal investigator, University of Victoria
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06098716
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 435-2023-0493
- Acronym
- SSHRC-Family
- Status last verified
- Jun 2025
- First submitted
- 19 Oct 2023
- Last updated
- 26 Jun 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Lee ASY, Blanchard CM, Beauchamp MR, Carson V, Madigan S, Strachan S, Vanderloo LM, Streight E, Courtnall S, Rhodes RE. Promoting family functioning through physical activity: a randomized trial to evaluate the "All in the Family" program. Trials. 2025 Aug 12;26(1):287. doi: 10.1186/s13063-025-08977-6.
PubMed 40796896
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 26 Jun 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- All in the Family: Promoting Family Function Through Physical Activity
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06098716
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- SSHRC-Family / 435-2023-0493
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Family Functioning
- Keywords
- Parenting Practices, Exercise, Family Functioning, Identity, Self-Regulation;, Parental Support
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Enrolment
- 165 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- University of VictoriaUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- Study start
- 1 Sep 2024 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Mar 2028 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 30 Mar 2028 (estimated)
- First posted
- 24 Oct 2023 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The goal of this trial is to find out whether adding identity-building and self-regulation training to basic healthy-living education helps families with inactive children (ages 6-12) become more cohesive and physically active. The main question it aims to answer is:
Does the identity + self-regulation + education program improve family cohesion more than (a) self-regulation + education or (b) education alone?
Researchers will compare three groups-identity+self-regulation+education (ID), self-regulation+education (SR), and education-only (ED)-to see which produces the greatest improvements.
Participants will:
- attend three online workshops at baseline plus two booster sessions at 6-week and 3-month with a project coordinator;
- complete online questionnaires at baseline, 6-week, 3-month, and 6-month;
- take part in an exit interview at 6 months.
Detailed description
The primary objective of this study is to test the efficacy of three family physical activity (PA) interventions on a key family functioning outcome-family cohesion-through increased PA in children and parent-child co-PA. Our study tests three intervention conditions: 1) identity (ID; promotion of a PA parenting identities + self-regulation skills + education), 2) self-regulation (SR; promotion of PA parenting self-regulation skills + education) and 3) education (ED; an education about PA control condition). It is hypothesised that (H1): The ID condition will show significantly larger changes in family cohesion compared to the two other conditions after six-months (primary end-point) and (H2): The SR condition will show significantly larger changes in family cohesion compared to the ED control condition after six-months.
There are three secondary objectives for this study. First, this study aims to assess the impact of the three interventions on the remaining family-functioning dimensions-flexibility and organisation-and on behavioural outcomes (child MVPA and parent-child co-PA) at the 6-month end-point. The ID condition is hypothesized to lead to significantly greater increases in family flexibility, family organization, child MVPA and parent-child co-PA compared to the SR and ED conditions after six months (H3), with the SR condition also expected to outperform the ED condition in these PA outcomes (H4).
Second, this study will also investigate whether group differences in child and parent PA and family functioning outcomes can be explained through a mediation model based on the Multi-Process Action Control (M-PAC) framework. It is hypothesized that changes in child MVPA and parent-child co-PA will mediate the relationship between the intervention groups and family functioning outcomes. These changes in PA behaviors are expected to be predicted by alterations in family social identity and parental PA support identity, which will, in turn, be influenced by parental attitudes, perceptions of control (reflective processes), and behavioral self-regulation (regulatory processes) regarding child PA (H5).
Third, the present study will explore the potential moderating effects of seasonal variation, child sex, dual/single-parent status, parent sex and gender, child age, intervention adherence, and the type and format of PA on the primary outcomes across the three intervention conditions. While no specific hypotheses are pre-set for these factors, it is anticipated that participation in PA may decrease during winter due to weather conditions, and single-parent families might face more barriers to parent-child co-PA, leading to lower participation levels. Additionally, the composition and frequency patterns of child MVPA may influence family functioning outcomes differently across the intervention conditions.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (participant)
- Number of arms
- 3
- Model description
- 3 arm parallel design single blinded randomized control trial
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Education | Active comparator | Behavioral: EducationThe Education condition package will consist of Canada's PA guidelines, information about the benefits of child and adult PA, healthy living and a breakdown of ways for the parent to help their child achieve this PA. |
| Self Regulation | Experimental | Behavioral: Self Regulation, Behavioral: EducationThe SR condition will receive all of the same education material as the education condition in addition to skill training content (how to plan for family PA) based on our prior family trials. Families will be instructed to plan for "when," "where," "how," and "what" PA will be performed, and to create back-up plans commensurate with the creation of action and coping planning. |
| PA Support & Family Social Identity | Experimental | Behavioral: Self Regulation, Behavioral: PA Support & Family Social Identity, Behavioral: EducationThe ID condition receives the same education and self-regulation content as the other groups, but with additional activities designed to strengthen (i) parents' PA-support identity and (ii) the family's shared PA social identity. Session 1 involves only the parent(s) and focuses on parental support identity. The content is based on the behaviour change principles of self-identity theory that should lead to increases in self-identity. This session's activities include: 1) bringing awareness to the concept of identity and being a role model, 2) an activity on finding the meaning and value of parental support of child PA, 3) an activity on setting prioritization rules around parental support for child PA in comparison to other parenting responsibilities and values (brainstormed), 4) developing an affirmation for parental support self-talk, and 5) planning ways to visually demonstrate the parental support identity for self-categorization (e.g., on social media, pictures in frames). |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 6 to 12 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Participants will be at least one parent with at least one child between the ages of 6 and 12 years.
- Families (parents and/or guardians and children) residing in Canada. Children that participate in <60 minutes/day of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA).
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- If child is meeting the current physical activity guidelines >=60 minutes a day of moderate to vigorous physical activity per day.
- If the participant does not pass the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PARQ) If children's age falls outside the 6-12 year range
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Self RegulationHow to plan for Family PA | Behavioural | PA Support & Family Social Identity, Self Regulation |
| PA Support & Family Social IdentityExercises that strengthen parents' PA-support identity and a shared active-family identity through values reflection, role-modelling, visualization, and visible "active family" cues. | Behavioural | PA Support & Family Social Identity |
| EducationInformation about healthy living (e.g., PA, sleep hygiene and healthy eating) | Behavioural | Education, PA Support & Family Social Identity, Self Regulation |
Primary outcome
Family cohesion
Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months
Family cohension will be assessed using FAD \& FACES IV subscale = 1 = Strongly Disagree; 2 = Generally Disagree; 3 = Undecided; 4 = Generally Agree; 5 = Strongly Agree
4 secondary outcomes
Family functioning outcomes (i.e., family organisation and flexibility)
Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months
Children's moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA)
Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months
Parent-child intergenerational activity measured via parent self-report
Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months
Parental support and M-PAC Constructs
Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 26 Jun 2025.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 40796896Lee ASY, Blanchard CM, Beauchamp MR, Carson V, Madigan S, Strachan S, Vanderloo LM, Streight E, Courtnall S, Rhodes RE. Promoting family functioning through physical activity: a randomized trial to evaluate the "All in the Family" program. Trials. 2025 Aug 12;26(1):287. doi: 10.1186/s13063-025-08977-6.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
Ryan Rhodes, PhD principal investigator
University of Victoria
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Self Regulation, PA Support & Family Social Identity and Education in people with Physical Activity and Family Functioning, run by University of Victoria at 1 site in Canada.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 26 Jun 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Canada. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Sandy Courtnall (250 472 5288, bml@uvic.ca), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Family cohesion (time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06098716, which also lists 1 linked publication.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 26 Jun 2025.