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- Title
O desenvolvimento da proficiência motora em crianças ciganas e não ciganas: um estudo comparativo.
- Authors
Marmeleira, José Francisco Filipe; Abreu, João Paulo
- Abstract
The objective of this study was to investigate possible influences of ethnicity on motor development. The sample comprised 60 children of both genders with 7, 8 and 9 years of age: 30 gypsy children who attended an elementary school in Moura; 30 non-gypsy children who attended an elementary school in Lisboa. The short form of the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency was used to study and compare the motor development level of the sample groups. We concluded that the non-gypsy children in comparison to the gypsy children, revealed significative superior results in gross motor performance (p=0,015), fine motor performance (p=0,000) and in motor proficiency (p=0,005).
- Subjects
LISBON (Portugal); PORTUGAL; MOTOR ability in children; ROMANI children; CHILD development; COMPARATIVE studies; ETHNICITY; MULTICULTURALISM; ELEMENTARY schools; MOURA Cave (Portugal)
- Publication
Motricidade, 2007, Vol 3, Issue 1, p26
- ISSN
1646-107X
- Publication type
Article