Citation

Krombholz H. Percept. Mot. Skills 1997; 84(3): 1168-1170.

Affiliation

State Institute of Early Childhood Education and Research, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany. KL21101@sunmail.lrz-muenchen.de

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9229430

Abstract

Physical performance of preschool children and elementary school pupils (N = 2309, age: 61 to 108 mo.) was related to characteristics of physical growth and cognitive performance and to ecological variables. Correlations between measures of physical growth and physical performance and between physical and cognitive performance were positive and significant. Measurements of physical fitness and body coordination increased across ages. Significant differences were found between boys and girls; however, boys exceeded on some items, girls on others. Children of higher socioeconomic status performed better than children of lower status and children who participated in sports outside school outperformed those who did not.

Language: en