Associations between Morphological Characteristics, Motor Abilities and Preparedness for School in Preschool Girls/Povezanosti morfoloških karakteristika, motoričkih sposobnosti i spremnosti za školu kod djevojčica predškolske dobi

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Author	Horvat, Vatroslav Sindik, Joško
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Abstract Links between morphological characteristics (MC), motor abilities (MA) and psychological preparedness (PP) for school of preschool girls could help improve the quality of educational work for their teachers. The main goal of the study was to determine the correlation between three sets of data: MA, MC and PP. The randomized sample of preschool girls (N=127), aged 6-7, was examined. Fourteen MCs were measured. To measure MAs of the participants, 18 composite motor tests were adjusted for preschool children, three for each motor dimension: coordination, flexibility, strength, agility, accuracy and balance. Test for School Preparedness (TSS) with five subtests was used in estimating PP. The correlations between MC, MA and PP of preschool girls were determined by the use of both univariate and canonical correlations. The results revealed that all canonical correlations were statistically significant: between MC and MA, MA and PP, as well as MC and PP. However, in spite of its significance, canonical correlation was lowest between MC and PP. One of the hypotheses in explaining this relationship could be the speed of maturity, which is different for preschool girls and boys. Key words: anthropometry; correlation; development; growth; preschool children; psychological tests. --- Sažetak Povezanost morfoloskih karakteristika (MC), motorickih sposobnosti (MA) i psiholoske pripremljenosti (PP) za skolu kod djevojcica predskolske dobi može pomoci u poboljsanju kvalitete odgojno-obrazovnog rada njihovih odgojitelja. Osnovni cilj istraživanja bio je utvrditi povezanost između tri skupine podataka: MA, MC i PP. Ispitan je slucajni uzorak djevojcica predskolske dobi (N=127), u dobi od 6 do 7 godina. Mjereno je 14 MC. Za mjerenje MA sudionica 18 je kompozitnih motorickih testova prilagođeno za djecu predskolske dobi, po tri za svaku motoricku dimenziju: koordinacija, fleksibilnost, snaga, agilnost, preciznost i ravnoteža. Test pripremljenosti za skolu (TSS) s pet subtestova koristio se u procjeni PP. Korelacije između MC, MA i PP kod djevojcica predskolske dobi određene su i s pomocu univarijatnih i s pomocu kanonickih korelacija. Rezultati su pokazali da su sve kanonicke korelacije statisticki znacajne: između MC i MA, MA i PP, kao i MC i PP. Međutim, unatoc svojoj statistickoj znacajnosti, kanonicke su korelacije najniže između MC i PP. Jedna od hipoteza u objasnjavanju tog odnosa može biti brzina sazrijevanja, koja je razlicita kod predskolskih djevojcica i djecaka. Kljucne rijeci: antropometrija, korelacija, razvoj, rast, predskolska djeca, psiholoski testovi
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DOI	10.15516/cje.v18i4.2126
Volume Number	18
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Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v18i4.2126
Language	English
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