ERIC Number: EJ1477403
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Aug
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-3085
EISSN: EISSN-1520-6807
Available Date: 2025-03-31
Analysis of the Predictive Value of Motor Coordination, Anxiety and Self-Esteem Levels on Self-Perceived Motor Competence in Primary Students
Psychology in the Schools, v62 n8 p2620-2629 2025
Motor, psycho-emotional, cognitive and social variables, plus other factors like gender, influence how schoolchildren perceive their motor competence level. By means of a hierarchical linear regression analysis, this longitudinal study aimed to determine the predictive value that coordination, anxiety, and self-esteem at the age of 9 years can have on the self-perceived motor competence variable at the age between 11 and 12 years. Data collection was performed with 224 pupils at a first time point with grade-4 Primary Education (PEd) pupils (mean age 9.11 ± 0.32 years) and a second time point with grade-6 PEd pupils (11.49 ± 0.50 years). The results evidenced that coordination, anxiety, and self-esteem at the age of 9 years predicted self-perceived motor competence at ages between 11 and 12 years. Gender differences were also observed in these results. For the female gender, age, coordination, and anxiety variables explained the variance for self-perceived motor competence. For the male gender, age, coordination, and self-esteem explained the variance for self-perception competence. This reveals the importance of more globally understanding self-perceived motor competence in PEd pupils considering the predictive role of psycho-emotional, motor, and socio-demographic variables based on gender.
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Psychomotor Skills, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Longitudinal Studies, Motor Development, Anxiety, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Self Concept, Student Attitudes, Grade 6, Student Evaluation, Correlation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 6; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1Department of Educational Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain; 2Department of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain; 3Department of Psychology and Sociology, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain