Open AccessThe effect of overweight stereotype threat on children’s motor learning
Author(s) -
Maryam Rabeinia,
Esmaeel Saemi,
Rasool Abedanzadeh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
psihologija
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1451-9283
pISSN - 0048-5705
DOI - 10.2298/psi200413036r
Subject(s) - overweight , stereotype threat , psychology , test (biology) , developmental psychology , task (project management) , stereotype (uml) , motor learning , motor skill , clinical psychology , social psychology , obesity , medicine , paleontology , management , neuroscience , economics , biology
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of overweight stereotype threat on children?s motor learning. Twenty-four children (Mage = 9.25 ? 0.53 years) were conveniently selected and randomly assigned into two groups of stereotype threat (with emphasis on individual characteristics, namely, overweight) and control group. The task consisted of maintaining the balance on the stabilometer during 30-second trials. One trial in the pre-test, 10 trials in the acquisition phase and 5 trials in the retention test were run. The findings revealed lower motor learning among the overweight stereotype group compared to the control group. Therefore, it is suggested that in similar situations, coaches can reduce stereotype threat emphasizing on the ineffectiveness of individual characteristics, i.e., overweight on motor performance of children thereby prevent performance and learning disruptions.