The Motor intervention effectiveness on children daily routine, motor, health, and psychosocial parameters

Abstract

For children with motor delays, the intervention effectiveness regarding children's routine, overall self-perceptions, and engagement in the lessons, have been understudied. Furthermore, specific sex differences still lack evidence. This study examines the effectiveness of mastery Climate (MC) motor intervention on girls' and boys' daily routine, motor performance, BMI, self-perceptions, and engagement, and the sex differences across these variables. Children with motor delays were randomly assigned to MC Group or Comparison Group. We assessed children's routine at home; perceived competence, social acceptance, and global self-worth; BMI; motor skills; and qualitative engagement in the lesson. Results show girls and boys increased the playtime, motor scores, perceptions of cognitive and motor competence, social acceptance, global self-worth, and engagement with success in the lessons; and, decreased TV time and free play, changing tasks, distraction, and conflicts in the lesson. In conclusion the MC intervention was effective in fostering girl's and boys' achievement.

Gross motor skills trajectory variation between WEIRD and LMIC countries: A cross-cultural study

“…Brazilian children’s experiences across childhood with dance, dodge games, and soccer practices at home and school may explain our results. Motor proficiency is supported by the exposure of the child to the family leisure activities at home [ 54 ], the home opportunities provided for the child [ 29 , 55 – 57 ], the landscape in which the child play [ 55 , 57 , 58 ], the school curriculum [ 14 , 59 , 60 ], and the opportunities to engage in sports practices [ 14 ]. Our results support these contentions.…”

“…Among the after-school activities reported by the children in Brazil, soccer, and dance, respectively first and second, are the more frequent activities reported [ 14 , 55 , 57 , 61 ]. The skip consists of a step and a hop, and its variants are part of several dance styles such as street, modern, ballet, and jazz.…”

Mastery motivational climate intervention: Motor and social benefits for children with and without disabilities

“…Several strategies have been used to design programs suitable for children with different levels of motor skill performance. One recognized approach to teaching motor skills is the Mastery Motivational Climate -MMC (Berleze & Valentini, 2021Goodway et al, 2002;Valentini et al, 1999a;1999b;Valentini & Rudisill, 2004a;2004b;Nobre et al, 2022). This climate is implemented when teachers provide a great variety of motor tasks in each lesson and create opportunities for children's decision-making, problem-solving, and experiencing leadership roles.…”

“…Intervention implementing MMC has led to positive changes in children motor skill (Berleze & Valentini, 2021;Brauner et al, 2017: Nobre et al, 2022Píffero & Valentini, 2010;Sampaio & Valentini, 2015;Valentini & Rudisill, 2004a;2004b;Valentini et al, 2017;Zanella et al, 2016;Valentini, 2016), feelings of competence and global self-worth (Berleze & Valentini, 2021;Nobre et al, 2022;Píffero & Valentini, 2010;Theeboom et al, 1995;Valentini & Rudisill, 2004b), verbal recall (Valentini et al, 2017), active daily routine (Berleze & Valentini, 2021;Brauner et al, 2017), engagement with success in the lessons (Berleze & Valentini, 2021;, and math, writing and reading skills (Nobre et al, 2022). To date, no research has focused on investigating the influence of such a climate on the social development of children with motor delays.…”

“…All the 28 sessions (adaptation period and motor skill intervention) were video recorded entirely to ensure the fidelity of the intervention climate, the MMC. Like previous studies (Berleze & Valentini, 2021;Valentini & Rudisill, 2004a), independent raters were trained in the MMC paradigm and strategies.…”