INFAD (Sep 2019)
A study of perceived and performance interactions-body image, physical and motor capacity- with a group of boy and girls of the primary school
Abstract
The behavior and motor-physical performance of the child in the primary school or 1st cycle varies greatly with their physical and psychological profile. At school, not only do curricula reinforce cognitive activities more, but there are still many dissimilarities due to gender preferences, socially transmitted from childhood. With this study, of relationship between the areas of psychology, education and the sciences of sports, we try to determine several factors: a. physical characteristics - body mass index - BMI; b. perception of physical characteristics, body image profile and motor performance; c. physical ability (flexibility, abdominal strength, agility); d. motor performance in striking childhood skills (throwing and kicking, rolling forward, jumping rope). This analysis of perception and performance was performed in a group of children (n = 35- 54.3% boys and 45.7% girls) of a school for two consecutive years (3rd and 4th years), in order to if they confine their quality of life. Data analysis was performed from the SPSS - version 25th and we used a variety of statistical tests (mean, st.deviation), comparative [Qui Square (X2) and U Mann-Whitney] and correlational [Bravais-Pearson (r) ]. Our results allow us to conclude that a higher percentage of boys tend to present values for the higher physical parameters and there are gender differences only in the 3rd year - as the body image decreases with age. Girls tend to be more flexible and boys are more agile and fast and there is a relation to weight perception - in the 3rd year. In the field of motor skills, it is not skipping, specifically in the number of jumps performed that there are greater gender differences, still the result of many existing social barriers.
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