Fourth Graders' Social Standing with Peers: A Prospective Study on the Role of First Grade Physical Activity, Weight Status, and Motor Proficiency

Ommundsen, Yngvar; Gundersen, Kari Aasen; Mjaavatn, Per Egil

doi:10.1080/00313831.2010.493344

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“…The main effects of selection based on physical activity suggest that physically active youth have more friends and are nominated by more peers than less physically active youth. This pattern is consistent with previous research suggesting that popularity is associated with physical activity (Ommundsen et al., ), being an athlete in a jock crowd (Brown & Larson, ), and weight maintenance behaviors (Rancourt & Prinstein, ). The interactions suggest that physical activity was less important for friendship selection when choosing popular peers.…”

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confidence: 92%

Adolescent Friendships, BMI, and Physical Activity: Untangling Selection and Influence Through Longitudinal Social Network Analysis

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Schaefer

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J of Research on Adolesc

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Bioecological theory suggests that adolescents’ health is a result of selection and socialization processes occurring between adolescents and their microsettings. This study examines the association between adolescents’ friends and health using a social network model and data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (N = 1,896, mean age = 15.97 years). Results indicated evidence of friend influence on BMI and physical activity. Friendships were more likely among adolescents who engaged in greater physical activity and who were similar to one another in BMI and physical activity. These effects emerged after controlling for alternative friend selection factors, such as endogenous social network processes and propinquity through courses and activities. Some selection effects were moderated by gender, popularity, and reciprocity.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Adolescent Friendships, BMI, and Physical Activity: Untangling Selection and Influence Through Longitudinal Social Network Analysis

Simpkins

Schaefer

Price

et al. 2013

J of Research on Adolesc

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“…Two other studies of older children used longitudinal designs and reported relationships between motor function at 5–6 years and a range of social behaviours at 6–7 years (Bart, Hajami, & Bar‐Haim, ), and between motor abilities at 6–7 years and social status with peers at 9–10 years (Ommundsen, Gunderson, and Mjaavatn (). Specifically, Bart et al.…”

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Review: The impact of motor development on typical and atypical social cognition and language: a systematic review

Leonard

Hill

2014

Child Adoles Ment Health

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Background: Motor development allows infants to gain knowledge of the world but its vital role in social development is often ignored. Method: A systematic search for papers investigating the relationship between motor and social skills was conducted, including research in typical development and in Developmental Coordination Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorders and Specific Language Impairment. Results: The search identified 42 studies, many of which highlighted a significant relationship between motor skills and the development of social cognition, language and social interactions. Conclusions: This complex relationship requires more attention from researchers and practitioners, allowing the development of more tailored intervention techniques for those at risk of motor, social and language difficulties. Key Practitioner Message Significant relationships exist between the development of motor skills, social cognition, language and social interactions in typical and atypical development  Practitioners should be aware of the relationships between these aspects of development and understand the impact that early motor difficulties may have on later social skills  Complex relationships between motor and social skills are evident in children with ASD, DCD and SLI  Early screening and more targeted interventions may be appropriate Acknowledgements

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“…It is thus plausible that adolescents who choose to spend time in physical activity also increase their social capital and prestige in their peer group. A causal association, where physical activity predicts later social position, was found in a study among Norwegian fourth graders, whose participation in physical activity and motor functioning at early school age predicted later social standing among class peers [48]. The health-giving and aesthetic functions related to sport are combined with social functions and they become a technique of sociability, reinforcing each other [31].…”

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Physical activity among Norwegian adolescents- a multilevel analysis of how place of residence is associated with health behaviour: the Young-HUNT study

Logstein

Blekesaune

Almås

2013

International Journal for Equity in Health

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IntroductionThe purpose of this article is to investigate whether and to what degree participation in physical activity among adolescents is associated with area economic deprivation in the municipality where they live. In the study we took account of aggregated informal social capital at the municipality level and compositional effects due to spatial concentration of individual variables known to be associated with physical activity. These include informal social participation, participation in other cultural activities, and family affluence.MethodsThe study was based on a secondary analysis of data from the Norwegian HUNT study and municipality characteristics from the Norwegian Social Science Data Service ‘Commune Database’ from 2006. The sample consisted of 8114 adolescents whose ages ranged from 13 to 19. The explanatory power of the independent variables on the dependent variable was assessed using a multilevel analysis in which individuals comprised the first level and were nested within the municipality level.ResultsThe average level of physical activity was not negatively associated with the level of area economic deprivation when we adjusted for informal social participation at the community level. Adjusting for area economic deprivation, we found that informal social participation at the community level was associated with a higher level of participation in physical activity at p< .01.ConclusionFor adolescents in a given municipality, informal social participation is more strongly associated with a higher level of physical activity than the degree of area economic deprivation. This finding supports our social capital hypothesis, which states that the amount of social capital is strengthening the individual’s ability to take part in physical activity.

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Fourth Graders' Social Standing with Peers: A Prospective Study on the Role of First Grade Physical Activity, Weight Status, and Motor Proficiency

Cited by 37 publications

References 51 publications

Adolescent Friendships, BMI, and Physical Activity: Untangling Selection and Influence Through Longitudinal Social Network Analysis

Adolescent Friendships, BMI, and Physical Activity: Untangling Selection and Influence Through Longitudinal Social Network Analysis

Review: The impact of motor development on typical and atypical social cognition and language: a systematic review

Physical activity among Norwegian adolescents- a multilevel analysis of how place of residence is associated with health behaviour: the Young-HUNT study

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