Sasayama Kensaku, Imura Tomoya, Adachi Minoru, Aoki Tazuko, Li Minglu
Faculty of Education, Mie University, Tsu, Japan.
Graduate School of Teacher Education, Saga University, Saga, Japan.
Health Psychol Behav Med. 2023 Nov 2;11(1):2278290. doi: 10.1080/21642850.2023.2278290. eCollection 2023.
This study is the first to examine the relationship between character strengths, objective physical fitness, and physical activity in primary school children.
This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2016 and 2017 at a school in Japan. Main Outcome Measures: We obtained informed consent from 236 fourth-grade students; 122 fifth-grade students; and 142 sixth-grade students. After excluding participants with missing data, 473 children (247 boys and 226 girls; aged 9-12 years) with informed consent were included in the study. We measured character strengths, physical fitness, and/or physical activity of fourth- to sixth-grade participants.
Among boys, the total score of physical fitness was significantly associated with perseverance-honesty, courage-ideas, compassion-gratitude, and fairness-care ( < 0.05). Among girls, the total score of physical fitness was significantly associated with perseverance-honesty, courage-ideas, and compassion-gratitude ( < 0.05). Regarding the relationship between character strengths and physical activity, perseverance-honesty was significantly associated with total steps and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), whereas courage ideas were significantly associated with total steps ( < 0.05) in boys. In girls, perseverance-honesty was associated with MVPA ( < 0.05).
Our findings revealed that character strengths are positively associated with objective physical fitness and physical activity in primary-school children.
本研究首次探讨小学生的性格优势、客观身体素质与体育活动之间的关系。
这项横断面研究于2016年和2017年在日本一所学校进行。主要观察指标：我们获得了236名四年级学生、122名五年级学生和142名六年级学生的知情同意。在排除数据缺失的参与者后，473名获得知情同意的儿童（247名男孩和226名女孩；年龄9至12岁）被纳入研究。我们测量了四至六年级参与者的性格优势、身体素质和/或体育活动。
在男孩中，身体素质总分与毅力-诚实、勇气-想法、同情-感恩和公平-关怀显著相关（<0.05）。在女孩中，身体素质总分与毅力-诚实、勇气-想法和同情-感恩显著相关（<0.05）。关于性格优势与体育活动之间的关系，在男孩中，毅力-诚实与总步数和中度至剧烈体育活动（MVPA）显著相关，而勇气-想法与总步数显著相关（<0.05）。在女孩中，毅力-诚实与MVPA相关（<0.05）。
我们的研究结果表明，性格优势与小学生的客观身体素质和体育活动呈正相关。
