Factor Structure of Anthropometric Measurements of Middle School Students

This study examines the factor structure of anthropometric measurements in middle school students to better understand the nature of their healthy growth process.  This research aims to determine the simple factor structure of anthropometric growth factors in middle school students and to identify a concise set of measures that can accurately describe the growth of students' anthropometric measurements. The researchers used the descriptive-analytical method because it suits the nature of the research problem. The study sample consisted of 210 students, equally divided across the three grade levels. Twenty-two measurements were used: body weight, six body length measurements, six body circumference measurements, five body width measurements, and four skinfold thickness measurements. Statistical methods included the arithmetic mean, standard error of the mean, standard deviation, simple correlation coefficient, skewness coefficient, mode, and principal component analysis using the Höttling method with orthogonal rotation using the Varimax method. The researchers processed the data using the SPSS statistical package. The researchers concluded from the factor analysis of middle school students that the anthropometric growth trajectory of middle school students is characterized by being comprehensive and general for all body weight, length, circumference, and width measurements, and that there is an initial degree of independence in the nature of  The study examined the lengths and symptoms of the body in relation to the thickness of its skin folds and peripheries, and concluded that there were two factors: the first factor, which was called the (factor) of the body lengths and symptoms, and the second factor, which was called the (factor of the thickness of the body’s skin folds and peripheries)..