Ensrud-Skraastad Ole Kristian, Haga Monika
Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Department of Teacher Education, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Sports (Basel). 2020 Sep 1;8(9):120. doi: 10.3390/sports8090120.
Research indicates that children and adolescents gradually participate less in physical activity with age. Several factors are associated with children's physical activity levels, such as motor performance, self-perception of athletic competence and motivation to physical activity. To gain a better understanding of the factors of importance for behavior related to an active lifestyle, the purpose of this study was to investigate the association between motor competence, physical self-perception and autonomous motivation and to examine to what extent this association may vary by sex. The sample consisted of 101 children, whose average age was 11.7 years (SD = 0.57), 53 boys and 48 girls. All subjects were measured on motor competence, physical self-perception and autonomous motivation for physical activity. The results indicate a low positive relationship between motor competence and physical self-perception for the entire sample and among girls. There is also a significant correlation between autonomous motivation and physical self-perception. No significant correlations were found between autonomous motivation and motor competence. The association between physical self-perception and autonomous motivation suggests that psychological factors play an important role in children's participation in physical activity.
研究表明，儿童和青少年随着年龄增长参与体育活动的程度逐渐降低。有几个因素与儿童的体育活动水平相关，比如运动表现、对运动能力的自我认知以及参与体育活动的动机。为了更好地理解与积极生活方式相关行为的重要影响因素，本研究的目的是调查运动能力、身体自我认知和自主动机之间的关联，并检验这种关联在性别上的差异程度。样本包括101名儿童，平均年龄为11.7岁（标准差=0.57），其中53名男孩和48名女孩。所有受试者都接受了运动能力、身体自我认知和体育活动自主动机的测量。结果表明，对于整个样本以及女孩而言，运动能力和身体自我认知之间存在低程度的正相关关系。自主动机和身体自我认知之间也存在显著相关性。自主动机和运动能力之间未发现显著相关性。身体自我认知和自主动机之间的关联表明，心理因素在儿童参与体育活动中起着重要作用。
