Effects of parent-child physical activity intervention on gross motor skills among preschoolers in China
The purpose of this quantitative study is to investigate the effect of parent-child physical activity intervention on children’s gross motor skills including child’s locomotor and child’s object control skills. A total of 64 children aged 5 to 6 and their parents from Changzhi city in China were div...
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| author | Jia, Zhao Abdullah, Borhannudin Omar Dev, Roxana Dev Samsudin, Shamsulariffin |
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| description | The purpose of this quantitative study is to investigate the effect of parent-child physical activity intervention on children’s gross motor skills including child’s locomotor and child’s object control skills. A total of 64 children aged 5 to 6 and their parents from Changzhi city in China were divided into two group to participate in the experimental parent-child physical activity intervention program in this study. The Test of Gross Motor Development-2 was used in the pre-test and pro-test of experiments. The findings show that parent-child physical activity intervention program had a significant effect on children’s gross motor skills including children’s locomotor skills and the object control skills. The findings indicated that it is necessary for parents to provide opportunities for their children to engage in physical activity that promote a diversity of motor skills. |
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| spelling | upm-1170672025-04-23T23:23:09Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/117067/ Effects of parent-child physical activity intervention on gross motor skills among preschoolers in China Jia, Zhao Abdullah, Borhannudin Omar Dev, Roxana Dev Samsudin, Shamsulariffin The purpose of this quantitative study is to investigate the effect of parent-child physical activity intervention on children’s gross motor skills including child’s locomotor and child’s object control skills. A total of 64 children aged 5 to 6 and their parents from Changzhi city in China were divided into two group to participate in the experimental parent-child physical activity intervention program in this study. The Test of Gross Motor Development-2 was used in the pre-test and pro-test of experiments. The findings show that parent-child physical activity intervention program had a significant effect on children’s gross motor skills including children’s locomotor skills and the object control skills. The findings indicated that it is necessary for parents to provide opportunities for their children to engage in physical activity that promote a diversity of motor skills. HRMARS 2024 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/117067/1/117067.pdf Jia, Zhao and Abdullah, Borhannudin and Omar Dev, Roxana Dev and Samsudin, Shamsulariffin (2024) Effects of parent-child physical activity intervention on gross motor skills among preschoolers in China. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 14 (5). pp. 1279-1290. ISSN 2222-6990 https://hrmars.com/index.php/IJARBSS/article/view/21661/Effects-of-Parent-child-Physical-Activity-Intervention-on-Gross-Motor-Skills-among-Preschoolers-in-China 10.6007/ijarbss/v14-i5/21661 |
| spellingShingle | Jia, Zhao Abdullah, Borhannudin Omar Dev, Roxana Dev Samsudin, Shamsulariffin Effects of parent-child physical activity intervention on gross motor skills among preschoolers in China |
| title | Effects of parent-child physical activity intervention on gross motor skills among preschoolers in China |
| title_full | Effects of parent-child physical activity intervention on gross motor skills among preschoolers in China |
| title_fullStr | Effects of parent-child physical activity intervention on gross motor skills among preschoolers in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of parent-child physical activity intervention on gross motor skills among preschoolers in China |
| title_short | Effects of parent-child physical activity intervention on gross motor skills among preschoolers in China |
| title_sort | effects of parent-child physical activity intervention on gross motor skills among preschoolers in china |
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