This study aims to understand how children perceive their environment, exploring the affordances children perceive to influence their physical activity (PA) behaviour when outside. Participants included boys and girls aged 10–12 years (n = 15) living in Scotland. Children's visual and verbal representations of their perceived environment were analysed to assess environmental determinants of PA. The findings suggested that physical affordances that offer a sense of risk were important to children's play spaces. Social affordances influenced where the children went in their environment and the features they utilised as part of play behaviour; strangers were considered threatening depending on whether the activity was recognised.

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探索儿童对当地环境与户外时间相关的看法

本研究旨在了解儿童如何看待他们的环境，探索儿童在户外时感知到的影响他们的身体活动 (PA) 行为的可供性。参与者包括居住在苏格兰的 10-12 岁的男孩和女孩（n = 15）。分析了儿童对其感知环境的视觉和语言表征，以评估 PA 的环境决定因素。研究结果表明，提供风险感的物理可供性对儿童游乐空间很重要。社会可供性影响了孩子们在他们的环境中去哪里以及他们在游戏行为中使用的特征；陌生人是否被认为具有威胁性取决于该活动是否被识别。