Adaptivity in physical exercise is the process of adjusting the body to the physical stimuli it is exposed to, which leads to changes in anthropological status. The aim of this research was to ...determine the adaptive changes in some of motoric abilities in physical education in pre-school children after three months of attending physical education. Twenty-five children of a pre-school age belonging to a senior educational group were tested. The initial testing was carried out at the beginning of the school year, and the second one was performed after three months of attending a pre-school institution. Eight motoric tests were applied: hand taping, leg taping, envelope test, figure '8' with bending, standing on one leg along the balance bar, standing on one leg with eyes closed, shooting the horizontal target with a ball, and squats. From statistical analysis, Student's T-test and discriminative analysis were used. The obtained results showed that, according to the observed multivariate level, there was an overall change of motoric status in preschoolers under the influence of physical education, while the individual level indicated non-existence of statistically significant differences in only one test. Thus, it can be concluded that the program of physical education produced the expected results.
The purpose of this research was to examine possible relations between basic personality traits and cognitive abilities and basic physical functions in a sample of female candidates studying at ...Academy of Criminalistic and Police Studies (ACPS) in Belgrade. Literature review has shown that this problem has not been sufficiently studied, so it would benefit to gain a deeper insight into understanding of psychophysical functioning. Further contribution would include a better understanding of the nature of mind-body influence. In pragmatic sense, this work should help improve professional orientation and selection tasks in Police education and different profiles of police forces in Serbia.
Samples of 267 female candidates studying at ACPS, aged 18 to 19 were given different personality and cognitive tests. Basic motoric space was covered by seven representative tests.
The data was subjected to correlational analysis. There were few small statistically significant correlation coefficients. Further analysis by canonical correlations analysis has not given statistically significant canonical correlations. There were most significant correlations between contraction and stretching test and psychological characteristics. Those findings lead authors to conclude that this very physical trait in a sample of women is sensitive to psychological influence in case of professional selection.
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