Children's Attraction Research Articles

Model Latihan Shooting Sepak Bola melalui Permainan untuk Usia 13-15 Tahun

This research is motivated by many things that need to be considered before a coach determines a training method for a sport, especially football. On the other hand, as for the problems that are often faced in the field, based on experience, many parents of athletes have the paradigm that their children must become champions in every competition they participate in without understanding the process their children have to go through. The aim of this research and development is to produce a shooting training model for soccer through games for 13-15 year olds. Apart from that, this research and development was carried out to obtain in-depth information about: the development and application of shooting models in soccer through games for ages 13-15 years and to determine the effectiveness, efficiency and attractiveness of children towards the models created. The method used in this research is a qualitative and quantitative approach, which is an approach with the aim of finding answers to problems through the formulation of problems that have been formulated. Based on the data obtained, from the results of the research which consisted of expert validation, small group trials and large group trials as well as discussion of the research results, the researcher can draw the conclusion that (1) the model of shooting training in soccer through the playing method for ages 13 -15 years can be developed. (2) Shooting training model in soccer using the playing method that has been developed, obtained data on the effectiveness and results of the training model for ages 13-15 years.

Children's Attraction to Physical Activity and Its Relation to Physical Activity Level.

Understanding of psychosocial factors of physical activity (PA) in children is crucial in encouraging sustained PA, which in turn is associated with important health outcomes. This study aimed to examine how children's attraction to physical activity (CAPA) is associated with PA. This cross-sectional study was conducted among 219 primary school children (105 boys; 114 girls) aged 7 years old-10 years old in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2016-2017. Children from three main ethnicities, namely Malay, Chinese and Indian, were recruited. Weight, height and waist circumference were measured; body composition was assessed by deuterium dilution technique. CAPA and level of PA were obtained through self-administered questionnaires and reported as CAPA and PA scores. Median CAPA and PA scores were 3.40 (Q1 = 3.00, Q3 = 3.80) and 2.31 (Q1 = 1.95, Q3 = 2.74), respectively. Significant gender differences were found in CAPA and PA scores, with boys being more attracted to PA (3.16 [Q1 = 2.90, Q3 = 3.44]; P = 0.001) and more physically active compared with girls (2.47 [Q1 = 2.07, Q3 = 3.07]; P = 0.001). CAPA and PA scores correlated positively in both sexes. Boys scored higher than girls in 'liking of games and sports' (ρ = 0.301, P = 0.002) and 'liking of vigorous PA' (ρ = 0.227, P = 0.02) CAPA subscales, which also correlated positively with PA scores. Girls' PA scores correlated with 'peer acceptance in games and sports' (ρ = 0.329, P < 0.001). Boys are more physically active and have higher attraction to PA compared with girls. Differences in PA scores between the sexes were related to gender differences in CAPA scores. Thus, attention should be given to gender differences in CAPA related psychosocial factors when planning interventions to promote PA among children.

The Role of Electronic Products in Children's Family Education and Its Advantages and Disadvantages

At present, we are in the information age, and electronic products have become a necessity in our life. It not only enriches the spiritual world of adults, but also has certain attraction for children. Electronic products have become a necessity of people's life. It is impossible for children not to use electronic products, and the time of contact with electronic products will only be earlier and longer. In this paper, electronic products bring new challenges to the current family education of children; Electronic products are a new tool for children's family education; Electronic product education is the new content of current children's family education. From three angles, this paper discusses the role of electronic products in contemporary children's family education. Four principles in the education of electronic products are put forward: the principle of words and deeds, the principle of gradual progress, the principle of equal communication, and the principle of combining leniency with severity. At the same time, it introduces the use of electronic products by children, analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of electronic products for children's physical and mental development, and puts forward corresponding suggestions, hoping to promote electronic products to play a positive role in family education.

Pragmatics aid referent disambiguation and word learning in young children and adults.

How do children succeed in learning a word? Research has shown robustly that, in ambiguous labeling situations, young children assume novel labels to refer to unfamiliar rather than familiar objects. However, ongoing debates center on the underlying mechanism: Is this behavior based on lexical constraints, guided by pragmatic reasoning, or simply driven by children's attraction to novelty? Additionally, recent research has questioned whether children's disambiguation leads to long-term learning or rather indicates an attentional shift in the moment of the conversation. Thus, we conducted a pre-registered online study with 2- and 3-year-olds and adults. Participants were presented with unknown objects as potential referents for a novel word. Across conditions, we manipulated whether the only difference between both objects was their relative novelty to the participant or whether, in addition, participants were provided with pragmatic information that indicated which object the speaker referred to. We tested participants' immediate referent selection and their retention after 5min. Results revealed that when given common ground information both age groups inferred the correct referent with high success and enhanced behavioral certainty. Without this information, object novelty alone did not guide their selection. After 5min, adults remembered their previous selections above chance in both conditions, while children only showed reliable learning in the pragmatic condition. The pattern of results indicates how pragmatics may aid referent disambiguation and learning in both adults and young children. From early ontogeny on, children's social-cognitive understanding may guide their communicative interactions and support their language acquisition. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS: We tested how 2-3-year-olds and adults resolve referential ambiguity without any lexical cues. In the pragmatic context both age groups disambiguated novel word-object-mappings, while object novelty alone did not guide their referent selection. In the pragmatic context, children also showed increased certainty in disambiguation and retained new word-object-mappings over time. These findings contribute to the ongoing debate on whether children learn words on the basis of domain-specific constraints, lower-level associative mechanisms, or pragmatic inferences.

Оптимальное распределение материальных и нематериальных благ: вмененные цены семейных и религиозных обязанностей

This study develops the economic approach to human relations and applicates the results of the equilibrium analysis on commodity and in marriage markets to the tangibles-intangibles trade-off. The paper examines the optimization between gifts and parental concern in large families, where children attractiveness is different. The model of parental concern confirms optimal equilibrium proportions on commodity and in marriage markets, derived from the golden ratio. The measurement of intangibles is based on the opportunity costs of tangibles to be given up. Shakespeare gives a literal illustration for the general gifts-concern equilibrium, when the corner solution of Cordelia to give up the heritage is equilibrated by the opposite corner solution of both Goneril and Regan to deprive King Lear of shelter. But the empirical confirmation of optimal proportions of general equilibrium can be got from primary source of tangibles-intangibles trade-off, the Old Testament, where one fifth of income on donations and five-times payback for the stolen ox had been prescribed. The model presented here derives these proportions from the golden ratio. It also describes the demonstrative tangibles-intangibles trade-off; golden ratio follows the continuity between Testaments and exhibits at the equilibrium the negative attractiveness of Pharisees, produced by their demonstrative righteousness.

Action cartoons and the effect on children's aggressive behavior

Cartoons present a unique attraction for children, and the action genre is one of the television programs that primarily broadcast. Children observe characters in action cartoons and repeat what they see or hear. This study aims to determine whether the effect of aggressive behavior in children when watching action cartoons. The research approach is quantitative. The subject was 12 children aged 5-6 years in the Doa Ibu Kindergarten, Makasar. The researcher used data collection techniques in descriptive statistical analysis and Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis. The results showed a positive relationship between watching action cartoons and aggressive behavior of children aged 5-6 years and included in the category of moderately influential. To reduce these effects, interventions that must be carried out need to be studied further.

Developing Education Media of Health Protocol utilizing Live Coloring using Augmented Reality Technology

The objective of the present study is to produce a learning media product of health protocol implementation to children entitled "Awas Ada Virus Corona". This media utilized RD method and took several steps, namely preliminary research and data collection, research planning, product development, expert validation, product revision and final product. Feasibility testing is carried out by media experts by examining the multimedia construction domain consist of 3 aspects, namely guidance and information, program performance as well as systematic, aesthetic, and design aspects. Furthermore, a filled questionnaire by media experts was used to collect the data needed. Meanwhile, the descriptive statistic was used to analyzed the data gathered. The result of the present study is an application that can be used by children entitled " Awas Ada Virus Corona " as an educational media in implementing 3M of health protocol, namely wearing masks, washing hands, and maintaining a safe distance. The addition of Augmented reality technology with a live coloring feature is added in this application in reading markers to increase children's attractiveness. This augmented reality technology is applied in order to avoid the children only focus on gadgets, so children feel happy in using the familiar media and still interacting with the environment.

GAME EDUKASI MOBILE "AKU SUKA SAYUR" BERBASIS AUGMENTED REALITY UNTUK ANAK USIA DINI

This research aims to develop a mobile based educational game application "I like vegetable" for preschoolers. The research method used in developing educational games is the research and development (RD) method adapted from Borg Gall with several stages, namely needs analysis, identification of product specifications, product development, product validation, product revision and product testing. This study involved 8 research respondents with the object of research being the mobile educational game "Aku Suka Sayur" with the Augmented Reality feature. Data was collected using a questionnaire filled out by the guardian of the respondent. This study uses descriptive analysis data analysis techniques.The final product is a mobile educational game application with the title "I Like Vegetables". Augmented Reality technology in the form of live coloring is applied in this educational game to increase children's attractiveness. The calculation results show that the feasibility score of the Augmented Reality-based educational game application developed is 93.75%, including the very feasible category. Augmented Reality technology allows interaction between applications and the environment. In other words, children do not only focus on smartphones, but also do other activities and interact with the environment.

الجذب والمثير البصري في عروض مسرح الطفل Effectiveness of attraction nd visual attraction in children's theater performances

جاءت أهمية دراسة موضوع المثير البصري في عروض مسرح الطفل بوصفها دراسة تفيد المختصين في مجال التصميم المسرحي في عروض مسرح الطفل، وتجسدت مشکلة البحث في تحديد خصائص وأهمية الجذب والمثير البصري في تصميم العروض المقدمة للأطفال، وقد حدد البحث موضوعيا وزمانيا ومکانيا لعرض مقدم في (مسارح العراق) نموذج تطبيقي مختارة مسرحية(لا تقل کاو کاو)) وفق الإختيار القصدي، والتحليل الوصفي للعينة، الذي امتاز المثير البصري ما بين الشکل واللون والتکرار والضوء والتباين والانسجام...وغيرها، في شبکية الجذب وارتباطها بالعناصر البصرية هذا في الفصل الأول. أما الفصل الثاني، فقد تضمن الإطار النظري ومؤشراته، وقد حدد محورين الأول تحت عنوان المقاربة الجمالية للمثير بين الفن الفلسفة والنفس، في الوقت الذي عنى المبحث الثاني اشتغال المثيرات البصرية الجاذبة في تشکيل الفضاء السينوغراف، فقد اهتمت بوظيفة المثيرات البصرية والمعالجات التصميمية والإخراجية لتلک المثيرات، في البناء والتقويم لآليات اشتغال عناصر الجذب البصري حين تکون إيجابية، وإيجاد المعايير المناسبة للجذب وإيجاد بدائل خاصة بالجذب نحو العناصر البصرية وانسجامها بالنسق البصري في العناصر البنائية التي تشکل معادل جذب للصورة الجمالية داخل منظومة العرض البصري في المؤشرات التي خرجت منها الباحثة، فضلا عن الدراسات السابقة.. ولقد اعتمدت الباحثة مؤشرات کانت محصلة المصادر والمراجع التي أطلعت عليها والتي کانت تمثل الإطار النظري. ومن أهم النتائج التي توصلتا إليها الباحثة هو دور المثير البصري عندما يکون جاذبا مؤثرا لکل من المصمم والمتلقي (الطفل) عن طريق فاعلية الشکل والمضمون وفي انتقال العين من وحدة إلى أخرى بسلاسة وجاذبية، وتضمن البحث إجراءات البحث ومنهجيته إضافة إلى تحليل عينة البحث، بالإضافة إلى النتائج والمقترحات وقائمة المصادر والمراجع. Abstract: The importance of the study of the subject of visual effects in the theater of the child as a study of the specialists in the field of theater design in the theater performances of the child، and the problem of research was to determine the characteristics of the effectiveness of attraction and visual in the design of presentations for children، and the effectiveness of its impact on the recipient (child) Objectively and temporally and spatially for a presentation presented in (theaters of Iraq) selected application model play (don't say Kao Kao) according to the choice of the descriptive and descriptive analysis of the sample، which is characterized by visual attraction between shape، color and frequency and light and contrast and harmony... etc. in the network of attraction and its link Visual elements In the first chapter. The second chapter included the theoretical framework and its indicators. The first two axes were defined under the title: The aesthetic approach of the artist between art، philosophy and psychology، while the second section concerned the use of visual stimuli in the formation of the space of the cinematography. Constructing and evaluating the mechanisms of employing visual attractions when they are positive، finding the appropriate criteria for attracting، and finding alternatives to attracting to visual elements and their compatibility in the visual format in the structural elements، which constitute an attractive equivalent of the aesthetic image within the system. To view the visual indicators emerging from the researcher، as well as previous studies. The researcher indicators adopted was the outcome of sources and references that shared with them which was a theoretical framework. The most important results reached by the researcher is the role of visual stimuli when it is an attractive attractor for both the designer and the audience (the child) through the effectiveness of form and content and in the transfer of the eye from one unit to another smoothly and attractively. The research included research procedures and methodology in addition to analysis of the sample research، Results، proposals and list of sources and references.

Does Adlerian Play Therapy Increase Social, Physical, and Task Appeal More Than Content Mastery Services in Elementary School Students?

This study examined the difference in effectiveness between Adlerian Play Therapy and content mastery services in increasing physical, social, and task attractiveness to students in primary schools. The factorial design experimental method was applied to 72 fifth-grade students from two public elementary schools in Bandung, Indonesia, whose dimensions of attractiveness were lower than the other study groups. Each intervention carried out six meetings in different schools. Adlerian Play Therapy starts from the one-session relationship-building stage, the lifestyle investigation stage through the three-session secret book, the lifestyle understanding stage through one-session games, and the reorientation &amp; re-education stage through one-session games. Classical guidance services for content mastery with a community circle strategy start from building relationships in two sessions, introducing the importance of one session, improving the social aspects of one session, improving the physical aspects of one session, and improving the aspects of one session assignments. Manova analyzed the Interpersonal Attraction Scale (IAS) instrument. Adlerian Play Therapy further enhances all dimensions of interpersonal attractiveness than content mastery services. Recommendations are aimed at counseling teachers to use Adlerian Play Therapy to increase children's social, physical, and assignment attractiveness. It is hoped that other researchers will research further related to increasing task attractiveness.

Penggunaan Metode Tanya Jawab untuk Meningkatkan Keberanian Mengemukakan Pendapat pada Anak Di TKS PGRI Kalianget Barat Sumenep

The purpose of the research is a benchmark of all research conducted. The objectives in this study are: (1) Want to know the development of children's courage in improving abilities by using the question and answer method. (2) Want to know the impact of using the question and answer method on children's courage in improving their ability to express their opinions. Based on the results of improved learning about communicating / speaking simply in developing the courage of children to express their opinions in Kalianget Barat TKS. Sumenep. In the first cycle, the highest value achieved by children was 80 as many as 10 children, the lowest value was 20 as many as 4 children and the average grade of 6.46 (67%). While the observation collection of question and answer methods West Kalianget TKS Kab. Sumenep in the first cycle as contained in the observation sheet is known that the teacher uses examples and teaching aids (good), the language used by the teacher is clear and simple (good), the teacher checks the child's understanding by asking questions / giving assignments (good), the teacher gives an opportunity ask questions (enough), children answer questions asked by teachers (enough), logical children's answers (enough), children answer other children's questions (enough), respond by teachers (good), and children discuss (good). In the observations of the first cycle has not shown the active attractiveness of children towards the learning given by the teacher. While in the second cycle the results of improved learning about communicating / speaking simply in developing the courage of children to express their opinions Kalianget Barat TKS Kab. Sumenep. In cycle II, it was found that the highest value achieved by children was 160 by 20 children, and the average grade was 7.9 (75%). While the observation collection of question and answer methods West Kalianget TKS Kab. Sumenep in cycle II as contained in the observation sheet is known that the teacher uses examples and teaching aids (good), the language used by the teacher is clear and simple (good), the teacher checks the child's understanding by asking questions / giving assignments (good), the teacher gives an opportunity ask questions (good), children answer questions asked by teachers (good), logical children's answers (enough), children answer other children's questions (good), responded by teachers (good), and children discuss (good). In observation of the second cycle of learning is smooth and produces a level of completeness that exceeds the target.

Impact of cleft lip closure on the perception of the child by the mother and the social environment – A retrospective, self-reported, standardized pretest

The aim of the study was to describe the attractiveness of a newborn with CL/P and the maternal reaction in relation to the child. Another purpose was to explore and describe the experience and subjectively perceived reaction of the mother and the social environment to the child before and after cleft lip surgery. Material and methodsA study to describe and evaluate mothers' experiences, feelings and emotions (n = 84) regarding having a child with CL/P was performed. Therefore mothers were asked to complete a self-reported, standardized Likert-scale questionnaire. The questions were focused on the mother's own experiences, and the reaction of close family members and the social environment (friends, unknown people) to the child. Therefore two essential situations during the first year of life were analyzed: the first contact with the child, and a second one after lip surgery. The influence of lip reconstruction on the attractiveness of the child and the following reactions were analyzed. The timeline includes surveys from 01/2014 to 12/2016. Results84 mothers of affected children (CL/P) replied to the questionnaire (84/103). Most mothers (n = 64) described the attractiveness of their child at birth as “very good” (n = 37) and “good” (n = 27). After lip reconstruction the subjective attractiveness in the mothers’ opinions increased to 90.5% (n = 76): 24 “good” (p = 0.23) and 52 “very good” (p = 0.73). 50 mothers defined the postoperative surgical result as “very good”, 21 did not see any improvement (p = 0.001). Poor postoperative evaluations like “very poor” (n = 0), “insufficient” (n = 1) or “sufficient” (n = 1) were found two times.The majority of mothers (n = 78) reported negative reactions of the social environment to the child before lip surgery. Friends reacted in general more positively to the child with the visible deformity than did the social environment. 41 mothers described that their life partner or husband reacted “always” more positively to the child (p = 0.018). After surgical lip closure, strangers (n = 22) and even friends (n = 27) did not change their reactions obviously. ConclusionFor the mother, the attractiveness of a child with CL/P is not significantly affected by the visible facial malformation. Even if the lip reconstruction increases the child's attractiveness from the mother's perspective, the often negative reactions of the family and social environment did not change.

What is it Like to be a Child? Childness in the Age of Neuroscience

This article considers alternatives to the established constructivist approaches to children’s literature, exploring instead the potential of two relatively recent areas of inquiry, cognitive poetics and evolutionary literary criticism. The article questions the assumption, implied if not directly expressed by Peter Hollindale in Signs of Childness in Children’s Books (1997), that adult writers have the prerogative to write about a child’s experience because, since they once were children, a child’s mind is accessible to them; that they can know what it is like to be a child. With reference to brain research, this position is untenable due to the cognitive gap between adult and child. While this binary has been strongly opposed in children’s literature criticism, and while it is impossible and counterproductive to draw a clear-cut line between childhood and adulthood, Hollindale’s concept of childness suggests a number of qualities that cognitive studies considers irretrievably lost when the brain is restructured during adolescence. The purpose and attraction of children’s literature, therefore, lie in capturing and artistically representing these qualities.

Evidence for the Validity of the Children's Attraction to Physical Activity (CAPA) Scale in Iranian Preschool Children

PurposeThe escalating trend of overweight and obesity is a major global health challenge and needs particular attention. There are a number of reasons for this increase, but the dominant one appears to be the pandemic of physical inactivity. It is now clear that children's attraction to physical activity is an important promising factor in children's physical activity involvement. In this study, we aimed to cross-validate the long version of children's attraction to physical activity (CAPA) scale in Iranian preschool children. Design and MethodsEvidence for the validity of the scale was based on face validity, content validity, and internal consistency. The scale was translated into Persian and underwent forward translation, synthesis of the translation and backward translation. Face and content validity were subsequently assessed on individuals and expert panels. A sample of 30 preschool children (5–6 years of age) were randomly selected from three kindergartens. Children were interviewed by their kindergarten teachers. ResultsInternal consistency for each of the five subscales of the CAPA scale was evaluated through Cronbach's alpha. The internal consistency was acceptable for most of the subscales when negative statements were excluded from the analyses. ConclusionsThe results supported the use of modified version of Persian-language long CAPA scale for Iranian preschool children, with the deletion of negatively worded items. Practice ImplicationsHealth care professionals may use the CAPA when assessing the attraction of children toward physical activity and its potential involvement in childhood obesity.

ІДЕОЛОГІЧНО-ПРОПАГАНДИСТСЬКА ПОЛІТИКА РАДЯНСЬКОЇ СИСТЕМИ В ЗАХІДНИХ ОБЛАСТЯХ УКРАЇНИ У 1944 – 1953 рр. (НА МАТЕРІАЛАХ ДРОГОБИЦЬКОЇ ОБЛАСТІ)

For its restoration and functioning in the western regions of Ukraine, Stalin’s regime used various means of ideological-propaganda «processing» of the population. In contemporary conditions of Ukraine, which suffers a military-political aggression and powerful information war from the Russian Federation, it is important to analyze the mechanisms of distribution of antinational and antistate propaganda in the historical plane within the borders of concrete regions in order to develop effective ways of its counteraction.The period of the restoration of the Soviet system in this territory embraces 1944 – 1945. The local authorities considered to restore the party’s activity and state structures as their priority, in order to organize a large-scale political work and to intensify ideological pressure in all spheres of life. The information and propaganda storm should, first of all, prove the impossibility of any successful resistance to the regime, discredit liberation movement, and «to tear off the majority of the population from the influence of the Ukrainian and German nationalists».The cadres from other regions of Ukraine and the USSR were to become the system’s support in «the region infected with nationalism» and to carry «the communistic ideology into the masses». Important ideological-propaganda tasks had to be carried out by the party, Komsomol, and trade-union organization which were created at all the enterprises and establishments of Drohobych region. Communists and Komsomol members, as the most conscious citizens, should carry the basic burden of social-political and public-organizational works. For preparation and retraining of cadres for ideological-propaganda work at the republican and regional levels, a system of party educational institutions started to be formed. The press and radio provided the system’s information support. The theatre, cinema, and radio also had to become important ideological tools.Carrying out the educational policy of the party, state education structures created conditions of obligatory attendance of all children and teenagers, boys and girls, and could from early age absorb communist ideas. It was realized in various ways, like adopting the law on education for all, accurately outlined and sustained in the spirit of communist moral curriculums, constant expansion of the network of teaching and educational establishments, attraction of children and studying youth to the pioneer and Komsomol organizations, various actions of out-of-class influence on pupils.It is proved that for restoration of a totalitarian regime in the western regions of Ukraine, suppressing of the national-liberation movement, destruction of the Ukrainian national idea and traditions, the Soviet system applied all possible means. A great attention was drawn to propaganda-ideological methods. A whole branched system of ideological-propaganda influence in all strata and groups of the population, including universities, was created. Mass media, evident propaganda, education, culture, attributes of the Soviet way of life were the tools of the Soviet propaganda. However, considering small efficiency of ideological influences on the population of Drohobych region, forceful methods became dominating in overcoming of the resistance to the Soviet regime.

ЗАЛУЧЕННЯ ДІТЕЙ РОМСЬКОГО НАСЕЛЕННЯ ДО ОСВІТНЬОГО ПРОЦЕСУ: ДОСВІД СЛОВАЧЧИНИ

ЗАЛУЧЕННЯ ДІТЕЙ РОМСЬКОГО НАСЕЛЕННЯ ДО ОСВІТНЬОГО ПРОЦЕСУ: ДОСВІД СЛОВАЧЧИНИ

ANALISIS KONSEP TEMATIK PADA TAMAN PERUMAHAN DI KOTA BARU PARAHYANGAN SEBAGAI DAYA TARIK BAGI ANAK-ANAK (The Thematic Concept Analysis of the Neighborhood Parks in Kota Baru Parahyangan as an Attraction for Children)

Neighborhood parks are generally designed as esthetical elements. Nevertheless, some are intentionally designed to become recreational facilities to the residents, especially in a form of playground for children. Kota Baru Parahyangan (KBP) is a residential area with clusters, all of which are complemented by thematic park(s). With each cluster adopts a different theme for its park(s), the implementation of the thematic concept of the park may vary between one cluster and another. Therefore, this paper aims to analyze the implementation of the thematic concept in the neighborhood park design as an attraction for children. It also aims to bring out the park that has applied the this concept most successfully, as a reference for further park design and planning in the residential neighborhood context. The research is performed sequentially which includes: scoring the park facilities in 9 clusters that are already built through a quantitative method, followed by the discussion of the analysis through a qualitative method. As the result, Tatar (cluster) Jingganagara is found as the best cluster that has successfully integrated its thematic concept to the rest of the facilities in the park, and contributed good impacts to the cluster itself and the other clusters nearby.

Influencia del nivel de atracción hacia la actividad física en el rendimiento académico de los adolescentes

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between student level of attraction to physical activity and academic performance, and the association between attraction to physical activity and grades in the subjects of Maths, Spanish Language, and Physical Education according to gender, after adjusting for age and body mass index, in a sample of Spanish adolescents. The study included 1009 12-18 year-old students (579 girls).t. The Children's Attraction to Physical Activity questionnaire and numeric marks in the subjects were used. Analyses showed that enjoyment with vigorous physical activity is the main attraction factor related to higher grades in Maths and Spanish Language among girls. Among boys, enjoyment of games and sports, and vigorous physical activity is observed to have no impact on academic performance. However, lower grades were observed in Maths and Spanish Language among boys who give great importance to physical activity. Therefore, it is suggested that the well-known physical activity-academic performance relationship must take into account physical activity-attraction factors, as they may well have some impact on academic performance according to gender.

The Price of Being Beautiful: Negative Effects of Attractiveness on Empathy for Children in Need

The research examines how the attractiveness of children in need affects the empathy they evoke and the subsequent help they receive from unrelated adults. The authors find that attractive children are attributed desirable characteristics related to social competence, which is consistent with the “beautiful is good” stereotype. Ironically, the authors find that these attributions reduce the empathy evoked by attractive children and the help they receive from unrelated adults as long as their need is not severe. These effects are demonstrated in four experiments. The research identifies a significant cost of being beautiful and an important exception to the beautiful is good stereotype. The results also have practical implications for how children are portrayed in promotional materials for disaster relief agencies, children's hospitals, and other charities.

Measurement and invariance characteristics of psychosocial correlates of youth physical activity

Physical inactivity needs to be strategically addressed from and throughout childhood and adolescence. The youth physical activity promotion model provides a comprehensive framework for understanding and promoting physical activity in youth. This study examined psychometric characteristics of the children's attraction to physical activity scale and the perceived physical competence scale, two frequently utilized instruments to measure the underlying predisposing factors emphasized in the youth physical activity promotion model. A cross-sectional correlational research design was utilized to address the research purposes. Participants (N=1563) were involved with a large school-based initiative involving 19 schools in two U.S. states. The children's attraction to physical activity and perceived physical competence scales were administered in the schools by the physical education teachers using a customized online platform. Confirmatory factory analysis and invariance model testing (i.e., configural, metric, and scalar invariances) were conducted with the Linear Structural Relations 8.8 software. The results supported the multidimensionality of the children's attraction to physical activity scale and demonstrated that the 6-factor measurement model was invariant by gender and mostly invariant by school level (elementary, middle, high). The scalar non-invariance across school levels was attributed to weak psychometric properties in two of the children's attraction to physical activity subscales (i.e., peer acceptance and fun of physical exertion). The findings support the utility of the children's attraction to physical activity and perceived physical competence for capturing predisposing factors within the youth physical activity promotion model but document the need for refinements in several key subscales.