A new approach to children's education quarterly

A new approach to children's education quarterly

Predicting physical literacy and its components based on the variables of relative age and physical maturity in children aged 8 to 12 years

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Elham Nikkhoo 1
Parvaneh Shamsipour Dehkordi 2
Rosa Rahavi Ezabadi 3
1 Motor behaviour , sport science faculty , Al- zahra university of Tehran
2 Department of Motor Behavior, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Alzahra University .Tehran
3 Motor Behavior, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Alzahra University.Tehran
10.22034/naes.2025.507233.1664
Abstract
Background and Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the prediction of physical literacy and its components (motor competence, daily behavior, motivation, self-confidence, knowledge, and understanding) based on the variables of relative age and physical maturity in children.

Method: The research is a descriptive correlational study. The study sample consisted of 337 elementary school students (260 girls and 77 boys) in five age groups of 8 to 12 years old who were purposefully selected based on the inclusion criteria. To collect data, a subject information registration form, the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy (second edition) test battery, SH scale [1], a stadiometer, and percentage of adult height (based on the Khamis-Roche method 1994) were used. Data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance, simple linear regression, and multiple linear regression.

Results: The results of multiple regression showed that there is no relationship between relative age and the components of physical literacy in children aged 8 to 12 years (p>0.05). Also, the results of the analysis of variance showed that relative age does not have a significant effect on physical literacy and its components. There is a significant relationship between levels of physical maturity with physical literacy and its components in 8-12-year-old children. Also, the results of multiple regression analysis showed that the effect of maturity on physical literacy and its components is significant (p<0.05).

Conclusion: Physical maturity is one of the factors affecting motor competence, daily behavior, motivation and self-confidence, knowledge, and understanding
Keywords
Physical literacy
Children
physical maturity
Relative age

Subjects

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  • Receive Date 24 February 2025
  • Revise Date 22 July 2025
  • Accept Date 28 May 2025
  • First Publish Date 28 May 2025
  • Publish Date 22 November 2025