2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A research of psychosocial factors on physical coordination and integration in children

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21700605
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Physical education
Research Institution	Bunkyo University
Principal Investigator	TAKAI Kazuo 文教大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (00383216)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Keywords	子ども / 心理社会的要因 / 調整力 / 身体活動
Research Abstract	The purpose of this study is to examine relations of psycho-social factors to physical coordination and integration in children. Parents completed a questionnaire assessing child's physical activity(PA) level, child's psycho-social developments, beliefs regarding the importance of physical activity, and supportive behaviors for child's physical activity. Parental, teacher's, and peer's supports was an important correlate of child's PA level, acting directly or indirectly through its influence on physical competence and social development. It seems to appear that organized daily PA level in children along with enough space, time, peers, and encouragement from parents and teachers for spontaneous PA establishes prerequisites for their further expected development of physical coordination and integration in children.