Motor Competence in Adolescents: Exploring Association with Physical Fitness

Gísladóttir, Þórdís; Haga, Monika; Sigmundsson, Hermundur

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“…The findings indicated moderate correlations between total score MABC and total z-score TMC sharing 21% of the variance. This is in line with the results from Gísladóttir et al (2019) with a sample of adolescents in which the shared variance (18%) between the MABC-2 and TMC was of a similar magnitude as in the present study. The notion that there was only 21% shared variance between the MABC and TMC indicated that there was only moderate construct validity (Cronbach and Meehl, 1955).…”

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Exploration of the Specificity of Motor Skills Hypothesis in 7–8 Year Old Primary School Children: Exploring the Relationship Between 12 Different Motor Skills From Two Different Motor Competence Test Batteries

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This study examined the specificity hypothesis by examining the association between two specific motor competence test batteries [Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC) and Test of Motor Competence (TMC)] in a sample of young children. In addition, we explored the factorial structure of the MABC and TMC. A total of 80 children participated in the study (38 girls and 42 boys) with a mean chronological age of 7.9 years (SD 0.55). The correlation between total score MABC and total z-score TMC was r = 0.46. In general, low pair-wise correlations (r2 < 0.20) between the different motor tasks were found. The highest correlation was between the placing bricks and building bricks r = 0.45 (TMC); the stork balance and jumping in squares r = 0.45 (MABC). These low pair-wise relations of items are consistent with findings from younger and older children's age-related motor competence test batteries. Principal components analysis (PCA) showed that the 1st component accommodated 25% of the variance and was dominated in the top five variable weightings by items of the MABC test; whereas the 2nd component accommodated 12% of the variance with the higher weightings all from the TMC test. The findings provide evidence with children for specificity rather than generality in learning motor skills a viewpoint that has predominantly been driven by adult learning studies. The PCA revealed that the MABC and TMC are testing different properties of children's motor competence though in both cases the variance accounted for is relatively modest, but generally higher than the motor item pair-wise correlation.

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“…The TMC was designed to give an objective quantification of motor performance across the life span (Sigmundsson et al, 2016). However, the TMC results have not yet been compared with another test for motor competence in this age group only for adolescents (Gísladóttir et al, 2019).…”

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Exploration of the Specificity of Motor Skills Hypothesis in 7–8 Year Old Primary School Children: Exploring the Relationship Between 12 Different Motor Skills From Two Different Motor Competence Test Batteries

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“…In other words, improvement in one motor skill does not ensure improvement in other motor skills. This hypothesis is supported by empirical studies showing low correlations between individual motor skill items in children (Haga et al, 2008;Lorås and Sigmundsson, 2012;Stöckel and Hughes, 2016;Gísladóttir et al, 2019). For example, Haga et al (2008) found mostly no or non-significantly weak correlations between items of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children in 4-year-old children.…”

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Task-Specific and Latent Relationships Between Motor Skills and Executive Functions in Preschool Children

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There has been an increasing interest in the relationship between motor skills and executive functions (EFs) in young children over the years. However, no clear picture on the relationship between both domains has emerged from these studies. We have extended previous findings by conducting a comprehensive examination of taskspecific and latent relationships between a range of motor skills and EFs in preschool children. The sample consisted of 198 3-to 5-year-old children (102 boys; 51.5%). Motor skills were assessed using the Movement Assessment Battery for Children Second Edition. EFs were assessed with the performance-based tasks 'Day/Night,' 'Hand Tapping,' 'Forward Corsi Block,' 'Forward Digit Recall,' and 'Conflict Task,' and a rating-based EF measure (i.e., the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning-Preschool version). Task-specific relationships were examined using zeroorder Pearson correlations. Latent factors of motor skills and EFs were examined using confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory structural equation modeling. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to examine latent relationships. The results of the Pearson correlation analyses showed statistically significant albeit weak correlations between specific motor and EF items (r = 0.15 to r = 0.23). SEM showed non-significant weak relationships between a general motor factor (as a unitary latent construct) on the one hand, and performance-based EFs and rating-based EFs (as latent EF components) on the other hand. In conclusion, this study suggested only weak relationships between motor skills and EFs in preschool children with no clear differences between their task-specific and latent relationships.

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“…La competencia motriz es la manifestación de la habilidad motriz que contribuye a disponer de un mayor repertorio de actos motores en los que sentirse competente y adaptarse al entorno inmediato (Rosa-Guillamón y ; incluyendo tanto la coordinación de las habilidades motoras finas (ej., Destreza manual) como gruesas (ej., Equilibrio estático y dinámico) (Gísladóttir, Haga y Sigmundsson, 2019).…”

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“…Un metaanálisis reciente ha indicado una relación positiva, de moderada a elevada, entre la CA y la CM, que se fortalece con el aumento de la edad. Sin embargo, los resultados también indican que se necesita más investigación para evaluar similitudes y diferencias en los instrumentos utilizados en la primera etapa escolar (Utesch, Bardid, Büsch y Strauss, 2019), dado que otros estudios con otros instrumentos utilizados no evaluaron todas las dimensiones de la CM: locomotor, estabilidad y control de objeto (Luz, Cordovil, Almeida y Rodrigues, 2017) sugiriendo que diferentes baterías de prueba más limitadas pueden causar discrepancias en los resultados con respecto a la correlación entre la CM y la CA (Gísladóttir, Haga y Sigmundsson, 2019).…”

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Capacidad aeróbica y coordinación motriz en escolares de primaria

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Objetivo: el objetivo fue analizar la relación entre la capacidad aeróbica y la coordinación motriz. Método: se trata de un estudio descriptivo de corte transversal realizado con 163 escolares de España entre los 6 y 9 años. Para medir la capacidad aeróbica se empleó el test de Course-Navette y para medir la coordinación motriz se utilizó el Test Motor GRAMI-2. Resultados: La correlación de Pearson y la prueba MANOVA mostraron que valores más elevados en el test de Course-Navette se correlacionaron con rendimientos superiores en los test de carrera de 30 m, carrera 4 x 9 m, 7 m a la pata coja, desplazamiento sobre soportes y saltos laterales (p < 0.005, para todas). No se observaron diferencias en lanzamiento de peso (p > .05). Asimismo, la prueba de regresión lineal mostró una relación significativa de la capacidad aeróbica con la coordinación motriz (r = .344; p < 0.001), tras ajustar por sexo y edad. Se observó también que la edad se asociaba con la coordinación motriz (r = .674; p < .001). Conclusión: la capacidad aeróbica puede estar relacionada con el nivel de coordinación motriz a excepción del lanzamiento de peso en escolares de 6 a 9 años. Un planteamiento equilibrado que incluya el desarrollo de ambos constructos desde el área de Educación Física puede ser beneficioso para generar una adherencia a la práctica de actividad física de escolares.

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Motor Competence in Adolescents: Exploring Association with Physical Fitness

Cited by 14 publications

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Exploration of the Specificity of Motor Skills Hypothesis in 7–8 Year Old Primary School Children: Exploring the Relationship Between 12 Different Motor Skills From Two Different Motor Competence Test Batteries

Exploration of the Specificity of Motor Skills Hypothesis in 7–8 Year Old Primary School Children: Exploring the Relationship Between 12 Different Motor Skills From Two Different Motor Competence Test Batteries

Task-Specific and Latent Relationships Between Motor Skills and Executive Functions in Preschool Children

Capacidad aeróbica y coordinación motriz en escolares de primaria

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