Physical fitness and emotional well-being in school children aged 7 to 12 years
<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>The increase in the prevalence of behaviors and disorders severely affecting children's emotional well-being is a fact. The causal relation...
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| author | Andrés Rosa Guillamón Eliseo García Cantó Juan José Pérez Soto |
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| description | <div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>The increase in the prevalence of behaviors and disorders severely affecting children's emotional well-being is a fact. The causal relationship between fitness and biological health is well established. However, the relationship between fitness and some dimensions of psychological health is less evident. The aim of this paper was to analyze the relationship between fitness and emotional well-being. The </span><span><em>ALPHA- fitness Battery</em> </span><span>was used to assess fitness, and the </span><em>Strengths and Difficulties </em><span><em>Questionnaire</em>, </span><span>to assess emotional well-being. A convenience sample of 212 school children (120 women) aged 7-12 years was used. An inferential study was carried out by means of covariance analysis adjusted by age. The results showed that those children with higher tness (X ≥ P</span><span>50</span><span>) had more positive values in behavior problems (</span><span><em>p</em> </span><span>= 0,002), hyperactivity (</span><span><em>p</em> </span><span>< 0,001), problems with partners (</span><span><em>p</em> </span><span>= 0,028), prosocial behavior (</span><span><em>p</em> </span><span>< 0,001) and total score of difficulties (</span><span><em>p</em> </span><span>= 0,029). Students with a lower level of total difficulties score (X < P</span><span>40</span><span>) had a better performance in 4 x 10m (</span><span><em>p</em> </span><span>= 0,010), manual dynamometry (</span><span><em>p</em> </span><span>= 0,050), Course-Navette (</span><span><em>p</em> </span><span>= 0,050) and general fitness (</span><span><em>p</em> </span><span>= 0,040) with respect to those with medium and high levels. These results suggest a positive and bidirectional relationship between fitness and emotional well-being in primary school children. Therefore, it reinforces the need to promote programs to improve health related fitness and assess their effect on the psychological abilities of school children.</span></p></div></div></div> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ec45fe348ce840ceba3addf9efe604312022-12-21T19:04:04ZengUniversidad Católica de ColombiaActa Colombiana de Psicología0123-91551909-97112018-07-0121228230010.14718/ACP.2018.21.2.131433Physical fitness and emotional well-being in school children aged 7 to 12 yearsAndrés Rosa Guillamón0Eliseo García Cantó1Juan José Pérez Soto2Universidad de MurciaUniversidad de MurciaUniversidad de Murcia<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>The increase in the prevalence of behaviors and disorders severely affecting children's emotional well-being is a fact. The causal relationship between fitness and biological health is well established. However, the relationship between fitness and some dimensions of psychological health is less evident. The aim of this paper was to analyze the relationship between fitness and emotional well-being. The </span><span><em>ALPHA- fitness Battery</em> </span><span>was used to assess fitness, and the </span><em>Strengths and Difficulties </em><span><em>Questionnaire</em>, </span><span>to assess emotional well-being. A convenience sample of 212 school children (120 women) aged 7-12 years was used. An inferential study was carried out by means of covariance analysis adjusted by age. The results showed that those children with higher tness (X ≥ P</span><span>50</span><span>) had more positive values in behavior problems (</span><span><em>p</em> </span><span>= 0,002), hyperactivity (</span><span><em>p</em> </span><span>< 0,001), problems with partners (</span><span><em>p</em> </span><span>= 0,028), prosocial behavior (</span><span><em>p</em> </span><span>< 0,001) and total score of difficulties (</span><span><em>p</em> </span><span>= 0,029). Students with a lower level of total difficulties score (X < P</span><span>40</span><span>) had a better performance in 4 x 10m (</span><span><em>p</em> </span><span>= 0,010), manual dynamometry (</span><span><em>p</em> </span><span>= 0,050), Course-Navette (</span><span><em>p</em> </span><span>= 0,050) and general fitness (</span><span><em>p</em> </span><span>= 0,040) with respect to those with medium and high levels. These results suggest a positive and bidirectional relationship between fitness and emotional well-being in primary school children. Therefore, it reinforces the need to promote programs to improve health related fitness and assess their effect on the psychological abilities of school children.</span></p></div></div></div>https://editorial.ucatolica.edu.co/ojsucatolica/revistas_ucatolica/index.php/acta-colombiana-psicologia/article/view/1561condición física, actividad física, bienestar emocional, educación física, niños |
| spellingShingle | Andrés Rosa Guillamón Eliseo García Cantó Juan José Pérez Soto Physical fitness and emotional well-being in school children aged 7 to 12 years Acta Colombiana de Psicología condición física, actividad física, bienestar emocional, educación física, niños |
| title | Physical fitness and emotional well-being in school children aged 7 to 12 years |
| title_full | Physical fitness and emotional well-being in school children aged 7 to 12 years |
| title_fullStr | Physical fitness and emotional well-being in school children aged 7 to 12 years |
| title_full_unstemmed | Physical fitness and emotional well-being in school children aged 7 to 12 years |
| title_short | Physical fitness and emotional well-being in school children aged 7 to 12 years |
| title_sort | physical fitness and emotional well being in school children aged 7 to 12 years |
| topic | condición física, actividad física, bienestar emocional, educación física, niños |
| url | https://editorial.ucatolica.edu.co/ojsucatolica/revistas_ucatolica/index.php/acta-colombiana-psicologia/article/view/1561 |
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