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CANOVA, Itacir Fabiano; GOMES, Cármen Marilei  and  TRACTENBERG, Saulo Gantes. Perceptions of parents and educators on the development of executive functions related behavior in children practicing Taekwondo. Aletheia [online]. 2016, vol.49, n.2, pp. 122-135. ISSN 1413-0394.

This study aimed to investigate the perception of parents and educators regarding the development of behaviors underlying to executive functioning in Taekwondo practitioner's children. Taekwondo is a martial art recognized to be guided by principles, values and discipline, which can stimulate the development of executive functioning in children. Here, we assessed eight parents and eight teachers of children between seven and ten years old. All were Taekwondo practitioner's for at least one year. We conducted interviews through questionnaires with parents and teachers in order to access possible behavioral changes due Taekwondo practice. We also interviewed a Taekwondo Master, responsible for the training. The results revealed that parents and educators perceived some changes in executive function related behaviors of the children. It suggests that Taekwondo can be a sport activity capable of stimulate appropriate behaviors related to executive functioning.

Keywords : Executive function; Taekwondo; Motivated behavior.

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