A comparison of physical activity levels in childcare contexts among Finnish and Dutch three-year-olds
The aim of the current study was to determine Finnish and Dutch three-year-old preschool children's physical activity (PA) levels and how levels vary across gender, location, time of day and social contexts in both countries. A modified version of the Observational System for Recording Physical Activity in Children-Preschool (OSRAC-P) was used to measure children's PA levels and contextual variables (e.g. group composition, prompts) of children attending childcare centres in Finland and the Netherlands. In total, 90 Finnish children (46 boys and 44 girls) and 97 Dutch children (46 boys and 51... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2016 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | Soini , A , Gubbels , J , Saakslahti , A , Villberg , J , Kremers , S , Van Kann , D , Mehtala , A , De Vries , N & Poskiparta , M 2016 , ' A comparison of physical activity levels in childcare contexts among Finnish and Dutch three-year-olds ' , European Early Childhood Education Research Journal , vol. 24 , no. 5 , pp. 775-786 . https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2016.1213569 |
| Schlagwörter: | physical activity (PA) / direct observation / childcare centre / country comparison / preschool children / PRESCHOOL-CHILDREN / ENVIRONMENT / PLAYGROUNDS / AGE |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26664454 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/en/publications/a13f1819-b6c4-43c8-8572-1a3704071b30 |
