Dobrina E.V.
Bunin Yelets State University, Yelets

Gerasimova E.N., Dr. Hab., Professor
Bunin Yelets State University, Yelets

Objective of the study was to identify the relationship between executive functions and attitudes towards health in children aged 5-6 years with organized and unorganized physical activity.
Methods and structure of the study. A total of 100 children aged 5-6 years were examined, of which: 45 children attend kindergarten and various sports sections – a group of children with organized physical activity; 55 do not attend kindergarten or any sports sections – a group of children with unorganized physical activity. The characteristics of attitude to health were studied using an adapted version of the questionnaire «Attitude to Health» (R.A. Berezovskaya), in which some statements were made more specific, for example: «Happy family life» was replaced by «Good relations with parents»; «Interesting work, career» by «Successful studies at school», etc. The study of executive functions included a study of sensorimotor integration using the ReBOS method, which allows assessing the characteristics of a simple and complex sensorimotor reaction.
Results and conclusions. Based on the results of factor analysis, a five-factor structure was identified. The first factor, explaining 29.8% of the feature variance, included the parameters of motor activity, attitude to health, and executive functions with the greatest weight. The conducted regression analysis showed that executive functions, namely the parameters of simple and complex sensorimotor reactions, are associated with the components of attitude to health in older preschoolers. Consequently, organized motor activity is associated with the characteristics of attitude to health and physiological manifestations of selective behavior in older preschoolers.

Keywords: executive functions, sensorimotor reactions, organized motor activity, attitude towards health, preschoolers.

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