Do individual cognitions mediate the association of socio-cultural and physical environmental factors with adolescent sports participation?
Adolescents were more likely to engage in leisure-time sports when PA attributes were available at home, when parents participated in sports activities and had a rule about their offspring participation in sports activities. These associations were partly mediated by attitude and intention. These results suggest that parents can importantly promote sports participation among their offspring by making sports activities accessible and a family routine.
These results support a mechanism of immune regulation whereby an allergen reduces innate immune responses and IFN-alpha production by pDCs, resulting in an enhanced inflammation and basophil cytokine production at sites of allergen exposure.