Physical activity in preschoolers’ values system: questionnaire survey

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Dr.Hab., Professor L.N. Voloshina1
Dr.Hab., Professor V.L. Kondakov1
PhD, Associate Professor E.N. Kopeikina1
Postgraduate student T.V. Savelyeva1
1Belgorod State National Research University, Belgorod

Objective of the study was to analyze the preschoolers’ values system and role of physical activity in the values system.
Methods and structure of the study. We sampled for the study run in September-November 2020 the 5-7 year-old preschoolers (n= 679) from the Belgorod, Samara and Tomsk Oblasts and Krasnodar Territory. The values system of the sample was surveyed by the L.N. Voloshina “Want to be healthy?" questionnaire survey.
Results and conclusion. Our questionnaire survey found the children being well aware of the role of healthy lifestyle for wellbeing. Ranked on top was healthy diet as a basis for good health, and ranked second was the physical activity (versus the 2010 questionnaire survey when it was ranked the third). The medicine-assisted health model – viewed as the need for therapy and visits to a doctor – was ranks only third in 2020 versus the first place in 2010. Due hygiene and healthy lifestyle (including habitual walking, daily regimen, immunity to bad habits, aerobic activity, water drinking etc.) was ranked fourth and fifth, respectively. It may be due to the COVID-19 pandemic that the questionnaire survey found new health ideas like "wear a face mask" and "stay home" ranked 8th and 17th among the health factors. The questionnaire survey data analysis showed that healthy socio-cultural environment with due emphasis on the cultural and transformative aspects of the teaching service at preschool educational establishment facilitates the healthy values system with due physical activity elements formation efforts.

Keywords: preschoolers, values system (VS), health, physical activity.

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