Association between Physical Activity and Fundamental Movement Skills in Preschool-Aged Children: Does Perceived Movement Skill Competence Mediate This Relationship?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Sample Size Calculation
2.3. Measures
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Total (n = 148) | Boys (n = 85) | Girls (n = 63) | P a |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
Age (years) | 4.52 (0.67) | 4.58 (0.71) | 4.43 (0.61) | 0.178 |
Actual FMS (0−32) | 16.81 (4.82) | 17.56 (4.88) | 15.80 (4.57) | 0.026 |
ALM (0−16) | 10.21 (2.95) | 9.99 (2.77) | 10.49 (3.17) | 0.321 |
AOC (0−16) | 6.86 (2.93) | 7.74 (3.01) | 5.68 (2.37) | <0.001 |
Perceived FMS (4−16) | 12.61 (2.64) | 12.86 (2.79) | 12.29 (2.42) | 0.184 |
PLM (2−8) | 6.43 (1.46) | 6.62 (1.41) | 6.17 (1.49) | 0.066 |
POC (2−8) | 6.18 (1.65) | 6.24 (1.80) | 6.11 (1.42) | 0.651 |
LMVPA (mins) | 144.33 (32.79) | 151.20 (32.91) | 135.07 (30.51) | 0.003 |
MVPA (mins) | 67.77 (20.41) | 72.19 (21.44) | 61.81 (17.37) | 0.001 |
Variable | ALM | AOC | Perceived FMS | PLM | POC | MVPA | LMVPA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Actual FMS | 0.774 ** | 0.823 ** | 0.206 * | 0.171 * | 0.179 * | 0.246 ** | 0.252 ** |
ALM | 0.420 ** | 0.223 ** | 0.165 * | 0.213 ** | 0.139 | 0.114 | |
AOC | 0.172 * | 0.168 * | 0.127 | 0.192 * | 0.210 * | ||
Perceived FMS | 0.831 ** | 0.870 ** | 0.019 | 0.008 | |||
PLM | 0.449 ** | 0.028 | 0.027 | ||||
POC | 0.006 | −0.012 | |||||
MVPA | 0.924 ** |
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He, Q.; Ng, J.Y.Y.; Cairney, J.; Bedard, C.; Ha, A.S.C. Association between Physical Activity and Fundamental Movement Skills in Preschool-Aged Children: Does Perceived Movement Skill Competence Mediate This Relationship? Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 1289. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031289
He Q, Ng JYY, Cairney J, Bedard C, Ha ASC. Association between Physical Activity and Fundamental Movement Skills in Preschool-Aged Children: Does Perceived Movement Skill Competence Mediate This Relationship? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(3):1289. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031289
Chicago/Turabian StyleHe, Qing, Johan Y. Y. Ng, John Cairney, Chloe Bedard, and Amy S. C. Ha. 2021. "Association between Physical Activity and Fundamental Movement Skills in Preschool-Aged Children: Does Perceived Movement Skill Competence Mediate This Relationship?" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 3: 1289. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031289
APA StyleHe, Q., Ng, J. Y. Y., Cairney, J., Bedard, C., & Ha, A. S. C. (2021). Association between Physical Activity and Fundamental Movement Skills in Preschool-Aged Children: Does Perceived Movement Skill Competence Mediate This Relationship? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(3), 1289. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031289