Clark, CCT and Moran, J and Drury, B and Venetsanou, F and Fernandes, JFT (2018) Actual vs. Perceived motor competence in children (8–10 Years): An issue of non-veridicality. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 3 (2). p. 20. DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk3020020
Clark, CCT and Moran, J and Drury, B and Venetsanou, F and Fernandes, JFT (2018) Actual vs. Perceived motor competence in children (8–10 Years): An issue of non-veridicality. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 3 (2). p. 20. DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk3020020
Clark, CCT and Moran, J and Drury, B and Venetsanou, F and Fernandes, JFT (2018) Actual vs. Perceived motor competence in children (8–10 Years): An issue of non-veridicality. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 3 (2). p. 20. DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk3020020
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the between- and within-sex differences in actual and perceived locomotor and object control skills in children (8–10 year). All participants (58 children (29 boys; 9.5 ± 0.6 years; 1.44 ± 0.09 m; 39.6 ± 9.5 kg; body mass index; 18.8 ± 3.1 kg·m 2 )) completed the Test of Gross Motor Development (2nd edition) and the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Movement Skill Competence for Young Children. Between- and within-sex differences were assessed using independent and paired samples t-tests, respectively. For all tests, effect sizes and Bayes factors were calculated. There were significant differences (p < 0.001) between sexes for perceived locomotor and perceived object control skills (boys > girls), with Bayes factors extremely in favour of the alternate hypothesis ( BF : 55,344 and 460, respectively). A significant difference (p < 0.001) was found between girls’ actual and perceived locomotor skills (d = −0.88; 95% confidence interval: −0.46 to −1.34), with Bayes factors extremely in favour of the alternate hypothesis ( BF : 483). A significant difference (p < 0.001) was found between boys’ actual and perceived object control skills (d = 0.69; 95% CI: 0.2 to 1.12), with Bayes factors very strongly in favour of the alternate hypothesis ( BF : 41). These findings suggest that there exists an issue of non-veridicality between actual and perceived motor competence skills, and their subsets, and a sex-mediated discord in children (8–10 years).
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | motor competence; actual; perceived; children; locomotor; object control |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 12 Aug 2019 11:50 |
Last Modified: | 06 Jan 2022 14:02 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/25143 |
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