Promoting Interpersonal Relationships through Elbow Tag, a Traditional Sporting Game. A Multidimensional Approach

Verónica Muñoz-Arroyave,Leonardo Machado,Miguel Pic,Queralt Prat,Jorge Serna,Sabrine Damian-Silva,Pere Lavega-Burgués,Conxita Duran-Delgado,Rafael Luchoro-Parrilla,Cristòfol Salas-Santandreu,Rosa Rodríguez-Arregi

doi:10.3390/su13147887

Abstract

The aim of this research was to study from a multidimensional point of view (decisional, relational and energetic) the interpersonal relationships established by girls and boys in the traditional sport game of Elbow Tag. Scientific evidence has shown that Traditional Sport Games (TSG) trigger different effects on male and female genders in relation to emotional experiences, decision-making, conflicts and motor relationships. Despite the fact that these dimensions are intertwined, there are hardly any studies that interpret motor behaviors holistically, i.e., taking a multidimensional (360°) view of these dimensions. For this study, a quasi-experimental design was used and a type III design was applied, inspired by the observational methodology N/P/M. A total of 147 university students participated (M = 19.6, SD = 2.3): 47 girls (31.97%) and 100 boys (68.02%). A mixed ‘ad hoc’ registration system was designed with acceptable margins of data quality. Cross-tabulations, classification trees and T-patterns analysis were applied. The results indicated that social interactions between girls and boys in a mixed group were unequal. This difference was mainly due to decision-making (sub-role variable), which has much greater predictive power than the energetic variables (MV and steps).

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International institutions such as UNICEF [1] and UNESCO [2] identify the promotion of gender equality as one of the main challenges of today’s society
For the second objective, classification trees showed the hierarchical strength of the variables used in this study: two cognitive variables, one relational variable, two organic variables and gender, to predict the type of interpersonal relationships originated in the game of Elbow Tag
The results presented below show the relationship between the variables which range from binary relationships to the vision of multidimensional strategic chains (360)

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Introduction

International institutions such as UNICEF [1] and UNESCO [2] identify the promotion of gender equality as one of the main challenges of today’s society. In the same line and with regards to the field of Physical Education and Sport, the so-called Kazan Plan was agreed to during the Sixth International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officers responsible for Physical Education and Sport (MINEPS VI). This agreement in Kazan (13–15 July 2017) establishes the strengthening of gender equality and the empowerment of girls and women through sport as one of the main priorities of the education system.

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