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Title: | Learning to cycle |
Other Titles: | Are physical activity and birth order related to the age of learning how to ride a bicycle? |
Authors: | Mercê, Cristiana Branco, Marco Catela, David Lopes, Frederico Rodrigues, Luís Paulo Cordovil, Rita |
Keywords: | Learning Bicycle Child Birth order Survey |
Issue Date: | 8-Jun-2021 |
Citation: | Mercê, C., Branco, M., Catela, D., Lopes, F., Rodrigues, L.P., Cordovil, R.(2021).Learning to cycle: are physical activity and birth order related to the age of learning how to ride a bicycle? Children, 8(6). Doi: 10.3390/children8060487 |
Abstract: | The present article aimed to verify whether the age at which children learn to ride a bicycle is related to their physical activity or birth order. Data were collected from an online structured survey between November 2019 and June 2020. A total of 8614 responses were obtained from 22 countries. The results reveal significant differences in learning age depending on the frequency of physical activity (F(5, 7235) = 35.12, p < 0.001, ηp 2 = 0.24). People who engaged in physical activity less than twice a month learned to cycle later (M = 7.5 ± 5.3 years) than people who engaged in physical activity on a daily basis (M = 5.7 ± 2.2 years) (p < 0.001). There were also significant differences in learning age according to birth order (F(2, 3008) = 7.31, p = 0.00, ηp 2 = 0.005). Only children had the highest learning age (M = 5.5 ± 2.4 years), whereas those who were born last had the lowest, (M = 5.1 ± 1.9 years) (p = 0.013). Creating opportunities for children to be engaged in play and physical activity and social modulation through their older siblings seem to be key conditions to encourage children to learn how to ride a bicycle from a young age and to foster their motor development. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11960/2981 |
ISSN: | 2227-9067 |
Appears in Collections: | ESDL - Artigos indexados à WoS/Scopus |
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