International Journal of Pediatrics

Effects of Social Support and Physical Self-efficacy on Physical Activity of Adolescents

Mahmoud Sheikh; Nasser Bay; Saeed Ghorbani; Akram Esfahani nia

Volume 10, Issue 4 , April 2022, , Pages 15823-15834

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2022.62762.4793

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Background: Today, there are many concerns about the level of physical activity of students and due to its importance in students’ health; many studies have attempted to investigate ... Read More

Autonomy Support, Needs Satisfaction, Motivation, and Intention to Do Physical Activities in Adolescents: A Validation study

Fatemeh Beigom Hosseini; Saeed Ghorbani; Reza Rezaeeshirazi

Volume 10, Issue 2 , February 2022, , Pages 15399-15411

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2021.55491.4370

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Background: Components of self-determination theory work very well in physical education settings. However, very few studies in Iran focused on this issue which might be due to the ... Read More Background: Components of self-determination theory work very well in physical education settings. However, very few studies in Iran focused on this issue which might be due to the lack of validated questionnaires. The present study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of a Persian questionnaire derived and translated from four scales assessing the self-determination components of physical activity/education in adolescent students.Methods: This study used an exploratory-confirmatory method. The participants were 400 high-school students (16-18 years old) studying in Aliabad Katoul, Golestan, Iran, during 2019. The items of the English standard questionnaires were converted into Persian using the translation-retranslation method. Subsequently, nine experts confirmed the validity of the final Persian questionnaire. The questionnaires included Needs Support in Physical Education Questionnaire which is used to measure autonomy support; Sport Climate in Physical Education Questionnaire which is used for measuring needs satisfaction; Intrinsic Motivation Scale which is used to measure intrinsic motivation for having physical education in the leisure-time; and Intention to Physical Activity used to measure intention to perform physical activities outside the school. We employed factor analysis and structural equation modeling to examine the validity of the questionnaire.Results: The descriptive statistics showed that all boys and girls were in almost identical ages. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the Persian version of the questionnaires had relatively high powers for assessing self-determination components in physical education (GoF=0.729). Moreover, perceived autonomy support positively affected the needs satisfaction and intrinsic motivation in physical education. Moreover, intrinsic motivation in physical education was transferred into intrinsic motivation outside school and subsequently affected intention to do physical activities (all T>1.96).Conclusions: The Persian questionnaire validated in this study enjoys a relatively high power for assessing the self-determination components in physical education. Moreover, autonomy support plays an important role in motivating students to be physically active.

Relative Age Effects on Children’s Handwriting: Role of Visual-Motor Integration

Seyyed Hassan Seyyedrezaei; Sedigheh Khajeaflaton; Saeed Ghorbani; Amir Dana

Volume 9, Issue 1 , January 2021, , Pages 12775-12783

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2020.52763.4179

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Background Previous studies have well documented that oldest students in a given school class typically have better academic performance than their younger mates. However, there are ... Read More

Handwriting Performance of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: The Role of Visual-Motor Integration

Sajedeh Farhangnia; Ramazan Hassanzadeh; Saeed Ghorbani

Volume 8, Issue 11 , November 2020, , Pages 12317-12326

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2020.47633.3857

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BackgroundPoor performance in motor skills is common among children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). However, difficulties of children with ADHD in handwriting ... Read More

Association between Second to Fourth Digit Ratio with Handwriting Quality and Speed among Elementary School Children

Saeed Ghorbani; Ahdiyeh Yadolahzadeh; Masoud Shakki; Saharnaz Noohpisheh

Volume 8, Issue 9 , September 2020, , Pages 12053-12060

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2020.47498.3854

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Background Genetic impacts on handwriting legibility and speed, especially in early childhood, are not well understood. The present study used a 2D:4D ratio as a biological marker to ... Read More

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Effects of Social Support and Physical Self-efficacy on Physical Activity of Adolescents

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Autonomy Support, Needs Satisfaction, Motivation, and Intention to Do Physical Activities in Adolescents: A Validation study

Abstract

Relative Age Effects on Children’s Handwriting: Role of Visual-Motor Integration

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Handwriting Performance of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: The Role of Visual-Motor Integration

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Association between Second to Fourth Digit Ratio with Handwriting Quality and Speed among Elementary School Children

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