'Let Them Play' the Effect of Active Play on Motor Proficiency and Social Maturity of Children

Autor/inn/en	Feleihi, Sadegh; Abedanzadeh, Rasool; Saemi, Esmaeel
Titel	'Let Them Play' the Effect of Active Play on Motor Proficiency and Social Maturity of Children
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 193 (2023) 2, S.201-210 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2022.2074981
Schlagwörter	Maturity (Individuals); Intervention; Psychomotor Skills; Elementary School Students; Physical Activities; Play; Interpersonal Competence; Rural Schools; Bruininks Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency; Vineland Social Maturity Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reifung; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Spiel; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen
Abstract	Predominantly, childhood provides a window of opportunity for the promotion and development of social maturation and fundamental movement skills. The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of active play on the motor proficiency and social maturity of children. Thirty participants (age range: seven to nine years old) were randomly assigned to either an active play (n = 15) or a control (n = 15) groups. The intervention was 60 min/day, three days/week for four weeks for the active play group, while the control group did not participate in a specific training programme. All outcome variables (motor proficiency and social maturity) were measured twice (before and after the intervention). The significant results revealed that at the end of the intervention, the active play group showed improvement regarding outcome variables and had higher social maturity and motor proficiency, compared to the control group (p < 0.0001). (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01