Abstract
The purposes of this study were to develop the psychosomatic health questionnaire in elementary school children, and to examine the relationship between their habitual physical activity and psychosomatic health in children. In Study I, subjects were 406 pupils (206 boys and 200 girls) in grade 4 through 6 in elementary schools. The pupils completed a battery of some questionnaires in classroom settings. As the result of factor analysis, it was found that the psychosomatic health questionnaire had five factors structure (anger, complaints, anxiety, sleep, and depression) . Four hundred elementary school children (grades 4 through 6; 201 boys and 199 girls) participated in Study II. Correlation analysis revealed the relationship between psychosomatic health and habitual physical activities. The results indicated that the amount of habitual physical activity was correlated with some psychosomatic health subscales. For boys, the habitual physical activity was correlated with anger, complaints, depression, and anxiety. The anger and anxiety were slightly related to habitual physical activity for girls. It was described that the increase of physical activity could contribute to improve some psychosomatic health.
