Assessment of Attitudes Toward Physical Education by the Implementation of an Extracurricular Program for Obese Children
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Sample
2.2. Exercise Program
2.3. Instruments
2.4. Physical Capacity
2.5. Attitudes toward Physical Education
- Assessment of the most essential aspect of the PE, i.e., faculty and subject.
- Subject acceptance in terms of its comparison with other subjects.
- The validity of the subject and its contents for the integral formation of the student body.
- Concerns of PE faculty toward the students.
- Performance of PE subject.
- Attitude toward PE and sports.
- Comparison between PE and sports.
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Pre-Post Intragroup Questionnaire
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Control Group (CG) | Experimental Group (EG) | |||
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Age (year) | 8–9 | 10–11 | 8–9 | 10–11 |
(n) | 25 | 22 | 25 | 23 |
Variable | Girls | Boys | p |
---|---|---|---|
Age (year) | 10.3(0.8) | 10.4(0.9) | 0.684 |
Weight (kg) | 53.4(11.6) | 54.0(9.6) | 0.284 |
Height (m) | 139.5(9.1) | 142.1(7.6) | 0.138 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 27.2(3.3) | 26.6(3.1) | 0.408 |
Zscore BMI | 2.9(0.5) | 3.1(0.8) | 0.031 |
Waist–hip Index | 89.4(8.0) | 88.8(8.6) | 0.712 |
Test | CG | EG | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline | Post | p | Delta | Baseline | Post | p | Delta | p Delta | |
Curl Up (n) | 8.1(3.9) | 8.6(4.2) | 0.206 | 0.5(2.3) | 7.0(5.7) | 8.5(5.9) * | 0.034 | 2.0(0.3) # | 0.000 |
Shoulder strech (cm) | 4.9(4.0) | 5.6(3.9) | 0.282 | 0.7(1.5) | 5.1(7.9) | 6.1(6.9) * | 0.040 | 1.2(2.7) | 0.078 |
Push_up (s) | 3.9(2.0) | 5.2(1.7) * | 0.000 | 1.4(1.5) | 2.8(2.9) | 3.5(2.3) * | 0.035 | 0.6(2.1) | 0.083 |
400m (s) | 127(34.1) | 129.8(3.9) | 0.255 | 2.6(17.3) | 111.3(26.5) | 106.0(26.2) * | 0.034 | −5.4(12.8) # | 0.002 |
Trunk_lift(cm) | 32.7(5.2) | 34.8(5.0) * | 0.003 | 2.1(1.9) | 32.8(6.3) | 34.2(6.2) * | 0.044 | 1.5(2.5) | 0.063 |
H.jump feet together(m) | 0.97(0.16) | 0.99(0.17) * | 0.048 | 0.02 (0.05) | 0.97(0.17) | 1.00(0.16) * | 0.047 | 0.03(0.08) | 0.137 |
BMI Zscore | 2.9(0.4) | 2.7(0.4) | 0.053 | −0.2(0.1) | 3.1(0.8) | 3.0(0.8) | 0.063 | −0.1(0.5) | 0.074 |
Pli(mm) | 141.2(29.8) | 134.9(27.4) * | 0.033 | −5.5(12.0) | 138.1(27.0) | 124.2(30.3) * | 0.002 | −14.6(26.3) # | 0.002 |
Item | Girls | Boys | p |
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Subjet organization concordancy | 15.2(3.8) | 14.5(3.6) | 0.373 |
PE Diifficulty | 17.5(3.7) | 16.7(3.3) | 0.266 |
Emphaty towards teachers and subject | 16.3(3.7) | 13.9(2.9) | 0.001 |
PE as sport | 10.5(3.0) | 9.9(2.6) | 0.284 |
Preference for PE and Sport | 10.5(2.6) | 10.9(3.0) | 0.499 |
Utility of PE | 22.5(4.7) | 22.3(4.5) | 0.847 |
Value subject and PE Teacher | 32.2(6.7) | 29.9(6.7) | 0.091 |
Item | Girls | Boys | |||||
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Control | Experimental | Control | Experimental | p | η2 | ||
Subjet organization concordancy | Pretest | 14.2(4.1) | 16.2(3.4) | 12.8(3.3) | 16.0(3.2) | 0.536 | 0.04 |
Postest | 14.3(3.9) | 14.4(3.8) * | 12.9(3.6) | 13.5(3.7) * | |||
PE Difficulty | Pretest | 17.2(4.4) | 17.8(3.0) | 16.7(3.5) | 16.8(3.2) | 0.2 | 0.056 |
Postest | 17.1(3.9) | 15.7(3.8) * | 17.0(3.7) | 17.5(3.2) | |||
Emphaty towards teachers and subject | Pretest | 16.7(3.9) | 15.9(3.4) | 14.3(2.2) | 13.5(3.3) | 0.021 | 0.055 |
Postest | 16.8(3.5) | 14.3(3.9) * | 15.1(2.5) * | 15.0(342) * | |||
PE as sport | Pretest | 11.4(3.1) | 9.7(2.7) | 9.9(3.3) | 10.0(1.8) | 0.101 | 0.028 |
Postest | 11.3(2.7) | 8.6(3.3) * | 9.7(2.6) | 10.8(2.4) | |||
Preference for PE and Sport | Pretest | 10.2(2.5) | 10.8(2.8) | 9.7(2.4) | 12.0(3.0) | 0.261 | 0.013 |
Postest | 10.0(2.2) | 8.6(3.2) * | 9.6(2.4) | 10.9(2.7) | |||
Utility of PE | Pretest | 24.3(4.9) | 20.7(3.) | 21.1(4.4) | 23.3(4.5) | 0.315 | 0.011 |
Postest | 23.9(5.1) | 20.7(4.0) | 21.5(4.2) | 24.3(5.3) | |||
Value subject and PE Teacher | Pretest | 30.5(6.6) | 33.9(6.5) | 28.6(8.0) | 31.0(5.2) | 0.077 | 0.033 |
Postest | 31.3(6.4) * | 30.7(8.1) | 29.3(3.2) | 32.8(7.7) |
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Romero-Pérez, E.M.; Núñez Enríquez, O.; Gastélum-Cuadras, G.; Horta-Gim, M.A.; González-Bernal, J.J.; de Paz, J.A. Assessment of Attitudes Toward Physical Education by the Implementation of an Extracurricular Program for Obese Children. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 5300. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155300
Romero-Pérez EM, Núñez Enríquez O, Gastélum-Cuadras G, Horta-Gim MA, González-Bernal JJ, de Paz JA. Assessment of Attitudes Toward Physical Education by the Implementation of an Extracurricular Program for Obese Children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(15):5300. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155300
Chicago/Turabian StyleRomero-Pérez, Ena Monserrat, Oscar Núñez Enríquez, Gabriel Gastélum-Cuadras, Mario Alberto Horta-Gim, Jerónimo J González-Bernal, and José Antonio de Paz. 2020. "Assessment of Attitudes Toward Physical Education by the Implementation of an Extracurricular Program for Obese Children" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 15: 5300. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155300