Psycho-Motor Skills in Swimming Among Children: Gender Differences
Renato Gabriel Petrea,
Cristina Elena Moraru,
Oana Mihaela Rusu
et al.
Abstract:Psychomotricity is a broad term that encompasses different approaches to bodily action to support children and adolescents to reach their highest motor and cognitive potential. The aim of the study was to highlight gender differences in the manifestation of psychomotor behaviors in 8–9-year-old children who practice sports swimming. The subjects (N=52, 26 males, 26 females) are children aged 8.0-9.11 years (M = 8.80; SD = ±0.65) who practice swimming in one of the swimming pools of a city in Romania. They were… Show more
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