THE SENSE OF COHERENCE OF MOTOR GIFTED BOYS

Nataša Sturza Milic, Preschool Teacher Training College “Mihailo Palov”, Vršac

Abstract

The paper deals with the relation between motor giftedness and a sense of coherence (a
specific attitude towards the world and resistance to the surrounding stress) which has been
tested on a sample of 275 10-year-old boys. Potentialy motor gifted boys have been identified
by means of a battery of 11 motor tasks. The sense of coherence has been assessed by means of
Margalit scale of child orientation. By using a T-test for small independent samples it has been
confirmed that there is a statistically significant difference between the variable of coherence of
motor gifted boys and the control group of boys (p = 0.003). The results support the thesis that
motor giftedness of pupils should be examined in multiple ways, including other aspects of
development.

Key words: motor giftedness, sense of coherence

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