Oportunidades de estimulação motora no ambiente domiciliar de crianças / Opportunities for motor stimulation in the home environment of children

INTRODUCTION: The environment in which the child is inserted and motor opportunities offered to this is essential for a good motor development. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the relationship between the motor stimulation opportunities in the family environment and children's motor development of both sex. METHODS: were evaluated 72 children, 33 boys and 39 girls with age of 38 to 42 months. The evaluation was conducted by Affordances in the Home Environment for Motor Development (AHEMD) and the Test of Gross Motor Development-2 (TGMD-2). Were used the tests Chi-square, Fisher exact test, t test for independent samples, Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression. RESULTS: In general, the households have low opportunities for motor stimulation, and for households with boys the score is higher. The girls performed better in locomotor skills, while boys had higher scores on object control skills. It found a significant correlation to motricity materials and thick materials motor for boys and variety of stimulation, fine motor materials, motricity materials and motor stimulation for girls. For the boys the motor performance is explained by the available variables of fine and gross motor skills and for the girls by materials of motor stimulation, stimulation variety and materials of fine and gross motor skills. CONCLUSION: On the presented results we can conclude that the home environment is directly related to the motor development of girls and boys.

INTRODUÇÃO: O ambiente em que a criança está inserida e as oportunidades motoras ofertadas a essa é fundamental para o um bom desenvolvimento motor. OBJETIVO: Analisar a relação entre as oportunidades de estimulação motora no ambiente familiar e o desenvolvimento motor de crianças de ambos os sexos. MÉTODO: Foram avaliadas 72 crianças, sendo 33 meninos e 39 meninas com idade de 38 a 42 meses. A avaliação foi realizada por meio dos instrumentos, Affordances in the Home Environment for Motor Development (AHEMD) e do Test of Gross Motor Development-2 (TGMD-2). Utilizou-se os Testes, Qui-quadrado, Exato de Fisher, Teste t para amostras independentes, correlação de Pearson e regressão linear múltipla. RESULTADOS: De forma geral, os domicílios apresentaram baixas oportunidades de estimulação motora, sendo que para os lares com meninos o escore é maior. As meninas obtiveram melhor desempenho nas habilidades locomotoras, enquanto os meninos apresentaram maiores escores nas habilidades de controle de objetos. Encontrou-se correlação significativa para materiais de motricidade fina e materiais de motricidade grossa para os meninos, e variedade de estimulação, materiais de motricidade fina, materiais de motricidade grossa e estimulação motora para as meninas. Desta forma, no sexo masculino, o desemvolvimento motor é explicado pelas variáveis, disponibilização de materiais de motricidade fina e grossa e para o feminino pela estimulação motora, variedade de estimulação e materiais de motricidade fina e grossa. CONCLUSÃO: Diante dos resultados apresentados pode-se concluir que o ambiente domiciliar está diretamente relacionado com o desenvolvimento motor para as meninas e meninos do contexto analisado.

"Athletic identity measurement scale": translation, adaptation and validation for Brazil

The aim of this study was to translate, adapt and validate the version of the Athletic Identity Measurement Scale (AIMS) for Brazilian Portuguese. The methodological procedures were conducted according to international recommendations: translation, back-translation, review by a board of experts, empirical fieldwork testing and inferential statistical analyses. The psychometric properties were evaluated by applying the translated scale to 127 university students. Reproducibility was assessed through stability and homogeneity assessment. Validity was assessed by comparing the scores obtained from the athletes and university students. The results showed good internal consistency (α = 0.78), when item 3 was removed and the Cronbach's alpha value increased to 0.82. Through factor analysis, we verified that the items had loadings in two domains. Intra-class correlation coefficient for test and retest was 0.91. Comparison between athletes and university students showed good discriminant validity. According the cultural adaptation process the adapted instrument has excellent psychometric properties and is reliable for the Brazilian culture.