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Sex and age differences in the anthropological characteristics of early school-aged childrena

Abstract A battery of measuring instruments comprising 15 variables (eight variables of morphological characteristics, six variables of motor ability, and one variable of functional ability) was applied on a sample of 157 participants (93 boys and 63 girls) from the city of Rijeka, Republic of Croatia, aged 7-10 years, of which 44 were first-grade, 34 were second-grade, 40 were third-grade, and 39 were fourth-grade pupils. The aim was to determine their sex and age differentiation using the t- test for independent samples and a multivariate analysis of the variance. The results showed that, between boys and girls of this age, boys have less skinfolds and are better than girls in the coordination test, explosive leg strength, and functional abilities, while girls are better at flexibility. Age differences showed that children differed in all variables. The conclusion is that, in the morphological space of children aged 7-10 years, developmental processes based on sex differentiation and genetic determination are fairly uniform, while this is more pronounced in the motor and functional space in favor of boys of this age.

differences, boys and girls, ages 7-10, kinanthropological characteristics

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