Perceived Motor Competence in Childhood Questionnaire--French Version

Maïano, Christophe; Morin, Alexandre J. S.; April, Johanne; Tietjens, Maike; St-Jean, Charlaine; Gagnon, Cynthia; Dreiskämper, Dennis; Aimé, Annie

doi:10.1037/t80514-000

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“…These results should be evaluated against the relatively moderate age range in the current sample (13-15 years), as well as BMI scores being predominantly in the normal range (Swallen et al, 2005). Also, based upon theoretical perspectives on self-perception, younger children might display inflated and less consistent responses, as they have less experience and awareness of peer-to-peer comparisons and reflections upon their own motor competence level (Maïano et al, 2022), which is established predominantly in adolescents (Harter, 2003). Indeed, in a metaanalysis of 69 studies on the association between actual motor competence and perceived motor competence/physical selfperception, significant pooled effects were found for locomotor, object control, stability/balance, and sport-specific competence, in which age (3-24 years old) did not appear as a significant moderator for any of the domains (De Meester et al, 2020).…”

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Psychometric properties of the Adolescent Motor Competence Questionnaire for Norwegian adolescents

Lorås,

Haga,

Hagen

et al. 2024

Front. Psychol.

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The objective of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Adolescent Motor Competence Questionnaire (AMCQ) for Norwegian adolescents. To this end, a sample of 349 Norwegian-speaking adolescents (13–16 years old) were recruited and completed the AMCQ. Initial results showed that confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) did not indicate statistical support for previous statistical models reported in the literature. Further analysis indicated factorial validity for a novel three-factor model identified through exploratory factor analysis, encompassing measures of fine motor skill (α = 0.65), gross motor skill (α = 0.74), and activities of daily living (ADL; α = 0.79) with acceptable internal consistency coefficients. Subsequent analysis indicated indices of measurement invariance in the study sample, as males rated their competence higher compared to females in 19 of the 27 items, and better model fit was obtained for the female adolescents. Strong invariance was tenable, and no factor mean differences were found across older and younger adolescents or across BMI scores. Overall results thus suggested that the AMCQ has acceptable psychometric properties and can be confidently used in further work with perceived motor competence in Norwegian 13–16 years-old adolescents.

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