Body-oriented Interventions on Preschoolers' Social-emotional Competence

Effects of Three Body-oriented Intervention Programs on Preschoolers' Social-emotional Competence

Experimental study with 4 groups (3 experimental and 1 control). Examine the effects of 3 body-oriented intervention programs on preschoolers' social-emotional competence.

Intervention programs focused on relaxation, loose parts play and combined loose parts play and relaxation, for 12 weeks with 2 30-min sessions per week.

To examine the chronic effects of the intervention programs, instruments were collected at baseline (pretest) and at the end of the 12-week period (post-test). To measure the acute effects, salivary cortisol was measured at the beginning and end of the 1st and the 24th sessions.

Inclusion Criteria:

• participants' age between 3 and 6 years
• do not have participated in a similar intervention program within the last 6 months
• do not have a physical condition that can affect the participation in the program.

Exclusion Criteria:

• participants' age less than 3 and under 6 years
• have participated in a similar intervention program within the last 6 months
• have a physical condition that can affect the participation in the program.