Relationships between maturity status, physical activity, and physical self-perceptions in primary school children
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Reifungsstatus, körperlicher Aktivität und physischer Selbstwahrnehmung bei Grundschulkindern |
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Autor: | Fairclough, Stuart J.; Ridgers, Nicola Diane |
Erschienen in: | Journal of sports sciences |
Veröffentlicht: | 28 (2010), 1, S. 1-9, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 0264-0414, 1466-447X |
DOI: | 10.1080/02640410903334780 |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU201406005212 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the influence of maturity status on primary school children’s physical activity and physical self-perceptions. Altogether, 175 children (97 girls, 78 boys) aged 10.6 0.3 years completed the Children and Youth Physical Self-Perception Profile and wore an ActiGraph accelerometer for five consecutive days to assess moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. Anthropometric measures were completed to estimate maturity status. A two-level, multi-level analysis was used to assess the influence of maturity status on moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and physical selfperceptions. Boys performed more moderate-to-vigorous physical activity than girls (P < 0.0001), but when the effect of maturity status was controlled the difference was reduced (P=0.02). Significant differences between the sexes were also observed for physical self-perception sub-domains (boys > girls, P=0.02 to 0.0001). When maturity status was added to the model, significant differences were no longer apparent for each sub-domain, with the exception of perceived strength. Significant interactions between gender and maturity status revealed that boys’ physical self-perceptions improved with more advanced maturity status, whereas girls’ self-perceptions decreased (P=0.07 to 0.002). Significant differences between the sexes in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and some domains of physical self-perceptions were reduced or no longer evident when the effect of maturity status was controlled. Maturity status may differentially influence boys’ and girls’ physical self-perceptions. Verf.-Referat