The relationship between motor performance and peer relations in 9- to 12-year-old children

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 581-588

  Livesey, D ^a   Lum Mow, M ^a   Toshack, T ^a   Zheng, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Motor performance; Peer acceptance; Peer exclusion; Perceived freedom in leisure; Physical activity; Sociometric preference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEISURE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; SCHOOL;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS;

EID: 79958204977     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01183.x     Document Type: Article

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