ABSTRACT

Predominantly, childhood provides a window of opportunity for the promotion and development of social maturation and fundamental movement skills. The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of active play on the motor proficiency and social maturity of children. Thirty participants (age range: seven to nine years old) were randomly assigned to either an active play (n = 15) or a control (n = 15) groups. The intervention was 60 min/day, three days/week for four weeks for the active play group, while the control group did not participate in a specific training programme. All outcome variables (motor proficiency and social maturity) were measured twice (before and after the intervention). The significant results revealed that at the end of the intervention, the active play group showed improvement regarding outcome variables and had higher social maturity and motor proficiency, compared to the control group (p < .0001).

摘要

主要是，童年为促进和发展社会成熟和基本运动技能提供了机会之窗。该研究的目的是检查积极游戏对儿童运动能力和社会成熟度的影响。30 名参与者（年龄范围：7 至 9 岁）被随机分配到主动游戏组（n  = 15）或对照组（n = 15) 组。主动游戏组的干预时间为 60 分钟/天，每周 3 天，持续 4 周，而对照组则不参加特定的训练计划。所有结果变量（运动能力和社会成熟度）均测量两次（干预前后）。显着结果表明，在干预结束时，与对照组相比，积极游戏组在结果变量方面有所改善，并且具有更高的社会成熟度和运动能力（p  <.0001）。