Abstract
The aim of this study was to provide an explanatory prediction model for physical activity level in children, involving a number of influencing variables. In total, 1971 people participated in the study: 657 primary school students and their respective fathers and mothers from 15 schools of Galicia (Spain). The International Questionnaire on Physical Education, Health and Lifestyle was administered. The findings revealed that school year, sex, physical perceived competence and sport practice with friends had a statistically significant relationship on physical activity index. By contrast, the association between the weekly participation of fathers or mothers in sports in the practice of children could not be confirmed. Sport practice with friends was the main predicting variable for physical activity level. Physical perceived competence showed great relevance as well. This knowledge could be of interest to help increase adherence to practice and preventing withdrawal, helping students to stay active and acquire healthy habits for the future.
Highlights
Over the past few years, a relationship between physical activity (PA) and learning has been suggested [1,2]
Regarding the physical activity level (PAL) of the students, it was observed that only 23.1% of the participants were classified into the highest level
With regard to physical competence (PPC), it was noteworthy that a considerable number of participants reported to have good competence (34.1%), or at least above average (26.9%)
Summary
Over the past few years, a relationship between physical activity (PA) and learning has been suggested [1,2]. This connection between physical activity and learning is nowadays sufficiently shown from the evidence of neuroeducation [3]. The variable sex (and its implications in terms of gender) is paramount when studying physical and sport behaviour. It is currently considered to be one of the variables to show correlation with PA in a largest number of studies [9]. This has been widely explained in the literature in terms of gender, sport socialisation and their implications related to stereotypes, motivation and differentiated behaviours in this context [10,11]
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