Motivação dos filhos para prática esportiva nas aulas de Educação Física e sua relação com o nível de atividade física dos pais

Objective: To evaluate the reasons that lead students to participate in sports practice in Physical Education classes and verify the relationship of that motivation with the level of physical activity of their respective parents. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of association between variables, motivation, and physical activity. The population of the study was composed of 102 students, 73 female and 29 males with age between 15 and 18 years enrolled in the Center for Teaching and Agrarian Development of Florestal - Minas Gerais, Brazil. A questionnaire of Motivation for Sports Practice of Gaya was used as data collection instruments; Cardoso (1998) adapted and validated by Silva (2014). For the evaluation of the physical activity level of the parents, the IPAQ short version was used. Spearman correlation was selected for association between the variable’s motivation of the students and level of physical activity of the parents. The analyzes were performed by the Graphic Prism 6.0 statistical package. (p<0.05) was adopted. Results: It was observed that there is a moderate positive correlation between the level of physical activity of the parents and the personal achievement of the children (r = 0.62), as well as the level of physical activity and performance improvement (r = 0 , 75) (p<0.0001). Conclusion: Our results show a direct relationship between the level of physical activity of the parents and the motivation for sports practice in the Physical Education classes of the children. These findings support the importance of the practice of regular physical activity for the promotion of health.