Open AccessTRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOMATIC PARAMETERS AND MOTION PERFORMANCE IN ROMANY CHILDREN OF PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE
Author(s) -
Rudolf Horváth,
Peter Petrikán,
Ingrid Ružbarská
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ad alta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2464-6733
pISSN - 1804-7890
DOI - 10.33543/adalta.09027784
Subject(s) - psychology , motion (physics) , developmental psychology , demography , sociology , computer science , artificial intelligence
The paper presents the results of research covering 596 Romany children of primary school age. The research objective was to identify the somatic parameters and the motion performance of 7- to 10-year old Romany boys and girls. In order to determine the trends in the development of these children, the results were compared to those presented in Horváth (2001). The latter research covered 1093 Romany children living in East Slovakia. We evaluated the data in terms of statistical significance of the differences between the results obtained in 2000 and 2019. We analyzed the somatic parameters and motion performance of Romany children attending primary school in terms of improved or worse results during the period of 19 years. We calculated the basic statistical values and tested the hypotheses by Student t-test. The results are summarized in tables and diagrams. It was found out that the somatic parameters of Romany boys and girls of all age categories have significantly improved. The motion performance has also improved in a statistically significant manner, however, this finding does not hold for all test items not for all age categories.