ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Human Developmental Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1534941
This article is part of the Research TopicPhysical Education for Holistic Educational DevelopmentView all 6 articles
The Influence of Children's Physical Activity Time on the Development of Prosocial Moral Reasoning: Evidence from School Consolidation Policy in Rural Northern China Keywords：School Consolidation Policy，Prosocial Moral Reasoning，Physical activity，Rural Education，Moral Development，Sports Participation
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- Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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This study integrates TPSR model and Eisenberg's theory of moral emotion as the theoretical framework to explore the influence of physical activity on prosocial moral reasoning of rural primary school students, focusing on the "school merger" policy.Data from 292 fifth and sixth-grade students in Ping Yao County were analyzed.Results showed significant correlations between physical activity frequency and prosocial moral reasoning,with physical activity negatively correlated with hedonistic tendencies and positively correlated with needs-oriented and other-oriented tendencies.Regression analysis indicated that physical activity predicted the variance in hedonistic moral reasoning(R²=0.184).The findings suggest that increased physical activity promotes moral reasoning development,particularly for boarders and younger students.
Keywords: School consolidation policy, Prosocial moral reasoning, physical activity, Rural education, Moral Development, Sports participation
Received: 20 Jan 2025; Accepted: 30 May 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Zhao, Bai, Yin, Yue, Zhang, Shi and Guo. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Guo Dong Zhao, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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