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das Virgens Chagas, Daniel; Hesketh, Kylie; Downing, Katherine; Mohebbi, Mohammadreza; Barnett, Lisa M. – Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 2023
Background: Understanding how or whether sedentary behavior affects motor competence in young children is important considering that children spend a lot of time sedentary. The aim of this study was to examine whether sedentary behavior predicts motor competence in young children. Methods: A longitudinal study with a total of 372 children aged 3.5…
Descriptors: Young Children, Physical Activity Level, Child Behavior, Psychomotor Skills
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Maria Kasanen; Arto Laukkanen; Donna Niemistö; Jimi Kotkajuuri; Nanne-Mari Luukkainen; Arja Sääkslahti – Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 2023
This study was conducted to determine how total fundamental movement skill (FMS) score and, separately, locomotor skill (LMS), and object control skill scores in children 3-8 years old predicted their specific-intensity physical activity 3 years later. Overall, 441 Finnish children (51.7% female, baseline mean age of 5.6 years) participated in the…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Physical Activity Level, Children, Predictor Variables
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Kara K. Palmer; Adam Pennell; Bryan Terlizzi; Michael A. Nunu; David F. Stodden; Leah E. Robinson – Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 2023
This study (a) examined the associations among different performance metrics derived from different strategies (i.e., maximum and average scores) and trials from product-oriented measures of motor skills, and (b) explored how different performance metrics from product-oriented assessments of motor skills change in young children with typical…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Young Children, Scores
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Arman, Marziyeh; Barnett, Lisa M.; Bowe, Steven J.; Bahram, Abbas; Kazemnejad, Anoshirvan – Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 2021
The aim of this study was to determine the validity and reliability of the Perceived Movement Skill Competence scales for Iranian children. In particular, the scales aligned with the second and third versions of the Test of Gross Motor Development and the active play skills. The total sample was 314 children aged 4-8 years (M[subscript age] = 6.1…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Psychomotor Skills, Cultural Differences