Physical Activity and Fundamental Motor Skill Outcome: A Quasi-Experimental Study among Rural Pre-Schoolers in Kuching, Sarawak

Autor/inn/en	Melvin Chung, HL; Cheah, WL; Hazmi, Helmy
Titel	Physical Activity and Fundamental Motor Skill Outcome: A Quasi-Experimental Study among Rural Pre-Schoolers in Kuching, Sarawak
Quelle	In: International Journal of Early Childhood, 55 (2023) 1, S.155-167 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Cheah, WL)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-7187
DOI	10.1007/s13158-022-00322-1
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Preschool Children; Rural Youth; Physical Activity Level; Psychomotor Skills; Intervention; School Activities; Gender Differences; Kindergarten; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Rural area; Rural areas; Youth; Ländlicher Raum; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	Fundamental movement skills (FMS)-oriented school-based intervention allows children to be more competent and interested to participate in a wider range of physical activities. This study aimed to determine the physical activity and fundamental motor skills outcome from a school-based intervention programme among rural pre-schoolers in Kuching. It used a quasi-experimental non-randomised design with a total of 153 children from 9 government kindergartens. For physical activity level, there was a significant difference between the intervention and control group at the 3 months, F (1, 151) = 3.90, p = 0.05, with a [eta][superscript 2] = 0.025 and 6 months-time duration, F (1, 151) = 55.70, p < 0.001, with a [eta][superscript 2] = 0.27. The same pattern of interaction effect (time * group) was also found in gross motor skill, F (2, 150) = 80.9, p < 0.001, [eta][superscript 2] = 0.52, where the mean score in intervention group was greater than in control group. It is important to understand in depth each of the skills components involved in locomotor and object control and also its differences between the boys and girls, as it can help in planning of the module of an intervention programme. Object control skills have higher predictive value in engaging in wider range of PA which could be the possible reason why boys are more active than girls. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01