Longitudinal Change in the Relationship between Fundamental Motor Skills and Perceived Competence: Kindergarten to Grade 2
As children transition from early to middle childhood, the relationship between motor skill proficiency and perceptions of physical competence should strengthen as skills improve and inflated early childhood perceptions decrease. This study examined change in motor skills and perceptions of physical...
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| description | As children transition from early to middle childhood, the relationship between motor skill proficiency and perceptions of physical competence should strengthen as skills improve and inflated early childhood perceptions decrease. This study examined change in motor skills and perceptions of physical competence and the relationship between those variables from kindergarten to grade 2. Participants were 250 boys and girls (Mean age = 5 years 8 months in kindergarten). Motor skills were assessed using the Test of Gross Motor Development-2 and perceptions were assessed using a pictorial scale of perceived competence. Mixed-design analyses of variance revealed there was a significant increase in object-control skills and perceptions from kindergarten to grade 2, but no change in locomotor skills. In kindergarten, linear regression showed that locomotor skills and object-control skills explained 10% and 9% of the variance, respectively, in perceived competence for girls, and 7% and 11%, respectively, for boys. In grade 2, locomotor skills predicted 11% and object-control skills predicted 19% of the variance in perceptions of physical competence, but only among the boys. Furthermore, the relationship between motor skills and perceptions of physical competence strengthened for boys only from early to middle childhood. However, it seems that forces other than motor skill proficiency influenced girls’ perceptions of their abilities in grade 2. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-539bd43ef53e4577a979b4a39bfa54d62022-12-22T04:27:19ZengMDPI AGSports2075-46632017-08-01535910.3390/sports5030059sports5030059Longitudinal Change in the Relationship between Fundamental Motor Skills and Perceived Competence: Kindergarten to Grade 2Jeff R. Crane0John T. Foley1Patti-Jean Naylor2Viviene A. Temple3School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education, University of Victoria; Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, CanadaPhysical Education Department, State University of New York College at Cortland, Cortland, NY 13045, USASchool of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education, University of Victoria; Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, CanadaSchool of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education, University of Victoria; Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, CanadaAs children transition from early to middle childhood, the relationship between motor skill proficiency and perceptions of physical competence should strengthen as skills improve and inflated early childhood perceptions decrease. This study examined change in motor skills and perceptions of physical competence and the relationship between those variables from kindergarten to grade 2. Participants were 250 boys and girls (Mean age = 5 years 8 months in kindergarten). Motor skills were assessed using the Test of Gross Motor Development-2 and perceptions were assessed using a pictorial scale of perceived competence. Mixed-design analyses of variance revealed there was a significant increase in object-control skills and perceptions from kindergarten to grade 2, but no change in locomotor skills. In kindergarten, linear regression showed that locomotor skills and object-control skills explained 10% and 9% of the variance, respectively, in perceived competence for girls, and 7% and 11%, respectively, for boys. In grade 2, locomotor skills predicted 11% and object-control skills predicted 19% of the variance in perceptions of physical competence, but only among the boys. Furthermore, the relationship between motor skills and perceptions of physical competence strengthened for boys only from early to middle childhood. However, it seems that forces other than motor skill proficiency influenced girls’ perceptions of their abilities in grade 2.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/5/3/59motor skillsmotor competencephysical literacyperceptions of competencechildrenlongitudinalearly childhoodmiddle childhood |
| spellingShingle | Jeff R. Crane John T. Foley Patti-Jean Naylor Viviene A. Temple Longitudinal Change in the Relationship between Fundamental Motor Skills and Perceived Competence: Kindergarten to Grade 2 Sports motor skills motor competence physical literacy perceptions of competence children longitudinal early childhood middle childhood |
| title | Longitudinal Change in the Relationship between Fundamental Motor Skills and Perceived Competence: Kindergarten to Grade 2 |
| title_full | Longitudinal Change in the Relationship between Fundamental Motor Skills and Perceived Competence: Kindergarten to Grade 2 |
| title_fullStr | Longitudinal Change in the Relationship between Fundamental Motor Skills and Perceived Competence: Kindergarten to Grade 2 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Longitudinal Change in the Relationship between Fundamental Motor Skills and Perceived Competence: Kindergarten to Grade 2 |
| title_short | Longitudinal Change in the Relationship between Fundamental Motor Skills and Perceived Competence: Kindergarten to Grade 2 |
| title_sort | longitudinal change in the relationship between fundamental motor skills and perceived competence kindergarten to grade 2 |
| topic | motor skills motor competence physical literacy perceptions of competence children longitudinal early childhood middle childhood |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/5/3/59 |
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