de Oliveira Souza Graziela, da Silva Suéllen Raquel, Benitez Priscila, de Vasconcellos Eduardo Luciano, Fornaciari Daniela Maria, Domeniconi Camila, de Hollanda Souza Débora
Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil.
Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia sobre Comportamento, Cognição e Ensino, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luís, Km 235, São Carlos, SP 13.565-905 Brazil.
Behav Anal Pract. 2019 Apr 12;13(2):329-335. doi: 10.1007/s40617-019-00350-9. eCollection 2020 Jun.
The present study investigated possible effects of gender and body weight on children's peer choices during physical activities. Twenty-four school-aged children (12 overweight and 12 non-overweight) were observed during 2 play sessions: the 1st session consisted of 2 tests that required agility (A) and 1 that required strength (S) in an A-S-A design; the 2nd session consisted of 2 strength tests and 1 agility in an S-A-S design. Before each session, 2 participants were asked to choose members for their teams. Results suggest that peer gender is a stronger predictor of children's playmate choices than their body weight. More specifically, children preferred to choose a peer of the same gender who was overweight rather than a peer of the opposite gender who was not overweight. However, when there was a choice between an overweight peer and a non-overweight peer of the same gender, the non-overweight child was favored.
本研究调查了性别和体重对儿童体育活动中同伴选择的可能影响。在两次游戏环节中观察了24名学龄儿童（12名超重儿童和12名非超重儿童）：第一次环节包括2项需要敏捷性的测试（A）和1项需要力量的测试（S），采用A-S-A设计；第二次环节包括2项力量测试和1项敏捷性测试，采用S-A-S设计。在每个环节之前，会让2名参与者为他们的团队挑选成员。结果表明，同伴性别比体重更能预测儿童的玩伴选择。更具体地说，儿童更喜欢选择超重的同性同伴，而不是不超重的异性同伴。然而，当在同性超重同伴和非超重同伴之间进行选择时，非超重儿童更受青睐。
