Role of Preschoolers in Motivation for Physical Activity in Their Families

• Authors: Krzysztof Piech , Rafał Grad
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Introduction. Family-oriented strategies of promoting physical activity are underused. In the last few years there has been a significant decrease in number of research on family as a promoter of physical activity. The research, when conducted, focuses on the influence parents' activity has on that of their children. There is a need for assessment of child's influence on parents' physical activity. Material and methods. The survey utilises an opinion poll in the form of a questionnaire. The sample consisted of 100 parents who were invited together with their children to a recreational fair. Results. The survey shows that child may be the person encouraging their parents to active recreation. Symptoms of this are: encouraging the parents to take part, satisfaction with the decision to take part in the event and the amount of positive sensations during play. The parents were of opinion that their both, children's as well as teacher's encouragement, was the most important factor in their decision to participate. Conclusions. The research indicated that after the fair children encouraged their parents to play together, whereas parents used games from the fair in their family free time. Because of the fact that the offered model of recreational event for families engaged and interested the participants, it is worth promoting in pedagogical sphere.

Keywords

EN

physical activity; child; family

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 151-156

Dates

published

1 - 9 - 2014

accepted

1 - 9 - 2014

online

20 - 11 - 2014

received

9 - 6 - 2014

Contributors

author

Krzysztof Piech

• Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport in Biała Podlaska, Department of Recreation

author

Rafał Grad

• Jędrzej Śniadecki Academy of Physical Education and Sport in Gdańsk, Faculty of Physical Education

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/pjst-2014-0015