Developmental Change in Motor Competence: A Latent Growth Curve Analysis [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2019 BackgroundThe development of childhood motor competence demonstrates a high degree of inter-individual variation. Some children’s competence levels increase whilst others’ competence levels remain unchanged or even decrease over time.
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Associations among Elementary School Children's Actual Motor Competence, Perceived Motor Competence, Physical Activity and BMI: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 BACKGROUND:Positive associations between motor competence and physical activity have been identified by means of variable-centered analyses. To expand the understanding of these associations, this study used a person-centered approach to investigate ...
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Does Motor Competence Affect Self-Perceptions Differently for Adolescent Males and Females? [PDF]
SAGE Open, 2015 Little is understood about the impact of level of motor competence on self-perceptions in adolescence, in particular how this may differentially affect girls and boys.
Elizabeth Rose +3 more
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Siblings’ Influence on the Motor Competence of Preschoolers [PDF]
Children, 2021 The number of single-child families has been rising steadily in recent years, resulting in a childhood absent of sibling relationships. Being an only child has been shown to have a negative impact on physical fitness, somatic fitness, and motor ...
Luis P. Rodrigues +5 more
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Reviewing the association between motor competence and physical activity from a behavioral genetic perspective [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyA much-cited model by Stodden and colleagues has proposed motor competence to be a 17 promising target for intervention to increase childhood physical activity.
Yahua Zi +3 more
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Journal of Physical Education, 2017 The aim was to investigate the relationship among the general perceived motor competence (GPMC), the perceived competence relative to tasks (PCRT), the actual motor competence (AMC), and the gender in children.
Glauber Carvalho Nobre +2 more
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The Association Between Motor Competence and Inhibitory Control in Preschool Children [PDF]
ChildrenBackground: Inhibitory control is a higher-order cognitive function that affects children’s lives and learning, and the development of inhibitory control plays a vital role in the overall development of preschool children. However, most studies have paid
Aoyu Zhang +3 more
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Executive function skills predict motor competence in preschool children [PDF]
BMC PediatricsBackground Motor competence and executive function skills develop actively at preschool age. Both are important for socialization, school achievements, and well-being.
Elena Chichinina +2 more
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Thinking, Feeling, and Moving in Kindergarten Children: How Motor Competence Shapes Executive Function Skills and Emotion Comprehension in Girls [PDF]
ChildrenBackground/Objectives: Increased screen time partially replaces social interaction, physical activity, and outdoor play in kindergarten children, leading to a risk of decreased cognitive, emotional, and motor skills.
Elena A. Chichinina +3 more
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Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2013 The main purpose of this study was to determine which correlate, perceived motor competence or motor skill competence, best predicts girls' physical activity behavior.A sample of 352 girls (mean age=8.7, SD=0.3 yr) participated in this study.
Zeinab Khodaverdi +3 more
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