Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Martial arts as a mental health intervention for children? Evidence from the ECLS-K . | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health BioMed Central Research Martial arts as a mental health intervention for children Evidence from the ECLS-K Joseph M Strayhorn 1 2 and Jillian C Strayhorn3 Open Access Address 1Drexel University College of Medicine Department of Psychiatry 2900 W. Queen Lane Philadelphia PA 19129 USA 2University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry 3811 O Hara Street Pittsburgh PA 15213 USA and 33263 Seasons Drive Wexford Pennsylvania 15090 USA Email Joseph M Strayhorn - joestrayhorn@ Jillian C Strayhorn - jillianstrayhorn@ Corresponding author Published 14 October 2009 Received 27 April 2009 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2009 3 32 doi 1753-2000-3-32 Accepted 14 October 2009 This article is available from http content 3 1 32 2009 Strayhorn and Strayhorn licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Martial arts studios for children market their services as providing mental health outcomes such as self-esteem self-confidence concentration and self-discipline. It appears that many parents enroll their children in martial arts in hopes of obtaining such outcomes. The current study used the data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten class of 1998-1999 to assess the effects of martial arts upon such outcomes as rated by classroom teachers. Methods The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study used a multistage probability sampling design to gather a sample representative of . children attending kindergarten beginning 1998. We made use of data collected in the kindergarten 3rd grade and 5th grade years. Classroom behavior was measured by a rating scale completed by teachers .
