Educational research: motor area and relational area during children’s personality development

Abstract

This study will analyse the correlation between physical education and emotional development of children, focusing on nonverbal communication. The hypothesis formulated after having read international literature, is the following: “ Is it possible to facilitate emotional development through physical education and other school disciplines?”The research is based on a experimental project which involved 75 pupils between 6 and 8 years of age for a duration of two years. The results were analysed using TEC “Test of Emotion Comprehension” and borough to the validation of the hypothesis