The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Perceived Motor Competence of Gifted and Normal Students in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Taati, Maede; Khajavi, Daryoush; Parastesh, Mohammad

doi:10.22034/ijmbsp.2023.381338.1065

The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Perceived Motor Competence of Gifted and Normal Students in the Post-COVID-19 Era

10.22034/ijmbsp.2023.381338.1065

Volume 3, Issue 1
Spring 2023

Pages 10-20

Iranian Journal of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Maede Taati ¹

Daryoush Khajavi ²

Mohammad Parastesh ³

¹ MSc, Department of Motor Behavior and Sports Psychology, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Arak University,Arak.Iran

² Associate Professor, Department of Motor Behavior and Sports Psychology, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Arak University,Arak.Iran

³ Associate Professor, Department of Sports Pathology and Physiology, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Arak University,Arak.Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between physical activity and perceived motor competence of gifted and normal high school students in the post-COVID-19 Era in Arak city. The participants were male and female students from the 10^th to 12^th grades of second secondary school who were selected randomly from normal public high schools (284 people) and by snowball method from the gifted schools of Arak city (100 people). The tools used for data collection were IPAQ International Physical Activity questionnaire and teenagers' perceived motor competence questionnaire. The results of Pearson's correlation coefficient showed a weak but significant positive relationship between physical activity and perceived motor competence (r = 0.059; p = 0.025); The independent t-test did not show a significant difference between the perceived motor competence of the two groups (p= 0/26); But the physical activity of gifted students was significantly higher (p = 0/001). Therefore, it seems that the level of physical activity is not an important related variable in perceived motor competence, especially in gifted teenagers.

Keywords

Self-Concept

Motor Behavior

Adolescents

Intelligence

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