2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Examination of the relationship between children's physical fitness, physical activity and lifestyle, academic ability, motivation, and home environment

Research Project

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Project/Area Number	19K11629
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 59030:Physical education, and physical and health education-related
Research Institution	Chukyo University (2021-2022) Nagoya Gakuin University (2019-2020)
Principal Investigator	Nakano Takahiro 中京大学, スポーツ科学部, 教授 (50422209)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	春日晃章岐阜大学, 教育学部, 教授 (30343726) 小栗和雄岐阜聖徳学園大学, 教育学部, 教授 (10387516)
Project Period (FY)	2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Keywords	子どもスポーツ / 子どもの体力 / 生活習慣 / 意欲 / 学力 / GRIT / 非認知能力 / Covid-19
Outline of Final Research Achievements	In this research project, three related research studies were conducted. The contents of the survey included children's physical activity, physical fitness, lifestyle, academic ability, motivation, and home environment.In addition, we also investigated non-cognitive skills such as GRIT. Further, in consideration of the growing problem of children's lifestyle due to the spread of new coronavirus infections, we have enhanced the survey items, especially regarding screen time. Using these survey results, it was shown that children's physical activity and physical fitness are closely related to screen time, GRIT, and academic ability. Considering the actual situation of the spread of COVID-19, it seems that the results provided important suggestions for post-COVID-19 life reconstruction.
Free Research Field	子どもスポーツ学，発育発達学
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	学術的意義としては、12件の学会発表（2件の国際学会含む）と3件の学術論文を発表した。論文に関しては、2023年度初頭に掲載予定のものも2件ある。また、これらの成果をもとに複数の学会でシンポジウム等の講演依頼があり、本研究課題で示した子どもの運動と諸要因との関連や、それに基づく子どもの運動の価値の提示は一定程度の影響を学術界に与えられたものと思われる。社会的にも、子どもの運動促進の意義が、従来型の体力向上や競技力向上以外にも様々な生活習慣や意欲、GRITなどの生活スキルの向上にあることが示され、運動実施の新たな価値を考える上での重要な示唆を与えることができたと思われる。