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Motor activities are an important framework in youth development being more and more important in modem society. This period of development and primary socialization is fundamental in further development of our children. Transition from pre-school to school can be a shock or a barrier in the process of integration of children in school groups and society, a problem in communication could develop a certain level of anxiety.
This study examines the importance of motor activities in the process of socialization and integration of students, in the following we will try to demonstrate the importance of motor activities at students' level, which is a source of socialization through which the child makes a fundamental integration and social adaptation, reduce anxiety, and assimilates a set of attitudes and moral values.
Research methods included literature review, methods of observation; the results demonstrate the importance of motor activities in socializing students at this age level.
KEYWORDS: socialization through sport, motor activities, social integration
1. Introduction
Motor activities are an important source of socialization, communication and social integration being an ideal setting in forming young people and their further development (Sopa & Pomohaei, 2014a).
Social learning theory has shown that socialization is done best in sport activities (Sopa, 2014). According to specialists, practicing physical activities or sports influences youth personality and creates positive effects on the body and the mind. So to understand the importance of motor activities, or sports in general, in the process of socialization between students, we believe that we should start from the definition of socialization in sports.
Motor activities are the perfect framework in forming young generations, being a social factor with increasing importance in contemporary society (Sopa & Pomohaei, 2014b).
Epuran (1998) defines socialization in sport as socialization has two meanings, which we can call them individual and group. The first is defined as (quoting Vläsceanu) The psychosocial process of transmission acquiring the attitudes, values, perceptions and patterns of behavior specific to a group or a community so that it could form the adaptation and social integration of a person. The second meaning concerns (quoting Vläsceanu) expanding the number of individual agents controlling or directly participate in the development of a system, subsystem or sector. The athlete, as human being is...