Educational issues, Vol. 6 No. 1, 2023.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.53577/oot.6.1.5
Parents´ Perception of Restriction and Encouragement of Toddlers During Physical Activity in Play
Ivica Iveković
orcid.org/0000-0001-6419-6493
; Centre for Education and Rehabilitation in Virovitica
Sandra Matošina-Borbaš
; Centre for Social Care in Virovitica
Abstract
The aim of the paper was to determine whether there were interactions or differences between
gender, age, level of education of parents regarding safety concerns, restrictions, freedom and encouragement of physical activity in the play of toddlers of different gender and age. The sample
of respondents consisted of parents of children who attend preschool institutions in the Virovitica-Podravina County (Republic of Croatia). The respondents filled out a survey. Factor analysis
identified two factors: concern for safety and restriction of physical activity in play, and freedom
and encouragement of physical activity in play. A two-way analysis of the variance was used to
examine whether there were differences between sociodemographic variables on the factors and
whether there was an interaction between sociodemographic variables. It was found that the
gender of the parents and the level of education of the parents has significant effect on how they
will treat their children up to the age of 4, i.e. whether they will encourage or restrict them during
physical activity in play.
Keywords
toddlers; encouragement of motor development; physical activity in play; restricting physical activity; parents’ practices
Hrčak ID:
306879
URI
Publication date:
28.7.2023.
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