The effects of gender, motor skills and play area on the free play activities of 8-11 year old school children

被引：50

作者：

Harten, Nathan ^{[1
]}

Olds, Tim ^{[1
]}

Dollman, Jim ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ S Australia, Sch Hlth Sci, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia

来源：

HEALTH & PLACE | 2008年 / 14卷 / 03期

关键词：

children; physical activity; play; motor skills; play space;

D O I：

10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.08.005

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Two studies were conducted to examine the interactions between gender, play area, motor skills and free play activity in 8-11 year old school children. In both studies, boys were more active than girls. In boys, but not in girls, energy expenditure was greater for high-skill than for low-skill children (p = 0.0002), and increased as play area increased (p = 0.01). These results suggest that motor skills and play space are important variables in determining the free play activity of boys, but not of girls. This may be related to widely different play styles among boys and girls. Crown Copyright (c) 2007 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：386 / 393

页数：8

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