Naslov
Relations between time spent with family and some developmental risks in preschool children: obesity and externalized / internalized risk behaviors

Autori
Trajkovski, Biljana ; Vlah, Nataša ; Mezak, Jasminka

Izvornik
Human. Sport. Medicine (2500-0209) 2 (2021), 21; 67-75

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
externalized behavioural problems ; internalized behavioural problems ; preschoolchildren ; family ; obesity

Sažetak
Aim. The objectives of this research are to analyse the ways how a child spends time withhis/her family as well as the child's developmental risks of obesity and risk behaviours in the kin-dergarten and to determine whether the different ways of spending time with the family are con-nected to the two types of developmental risks in children (risk behaviours in the kindergartenand the risk of obesity in children). Materials and methods. With a sample of 122 participantsaged 3–5 years from the city of Rijeka and its surroundings, a survey questionnaire was used toassess how children spend their time with their parents when they are not attending the kinder-garten and how much time they spend walking, riding a bicycle, swimming, playing on the com-puter, or watching television and what their body mass index and risk of obesity index are.The second part of the questionnaire was filled out by the preschool teachers and it assessed chil-dren's externalized and internalized risk behaviours in accordance with the SCBE Scale. Results.The obtained results indicate that the older the child, the more time he/she spends on the com-puter. The analysis of sex differences found only that girls spend more time swimming than boys.There are some weak but significant links between the length of time a child spends watchingmedia content while with the family and risk behaviours in the kindergarten and other develop-mental risks such as obesity. Conclusion. However, additional research is needed to determinethe applicability of the results in preventing unfavourable child development

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kineziologija, Interdisciplinarne društvene znanosti, Obrazovne znanosti (psihologija odgoja i obrazovanja, sociologija obrazovanja, politologija obrazovanja, ekonomika obrazovanja, antropologija obrazovanja, neuroznanost i rano učenje, pedagoške discipline)

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