Siblings’ Influence on the Motor Competence of Preschoolers
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Total MCA | Stability | Locomotor | Manipulative | |||||||||
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N | M | SD | N | M | SD | N | M | SD | N | M | SD | |
Low MC | ||||||||||||
Only child | 11 | 28.8 | 9.7 | 9 | 16.7 | 13.7 | 14 | 16.5 | 7.0 | 11 | 31.7 | 12.4 |
Siblings | 42 | 27.7 | 8.7 | 44 | 21.2 | 9.2 | 39 | 15.8 | 9.3 | 42 | 28.1 | 10.6 |
Average MC | ||||||||||||
Only child | 17 | 48.7 | 5.3 | 17 | 44.5 | 8.5 | 11 | 45.2 | 10.1 | 13 | 53.9 | 5.3 |
Siblings | 37 | 50.4 | 5.9 | 37 | 50.5 | 6.6 | 43 | 47.3 | 9.0 | 41 | 52.8 | 5.0 |
High MC | ||||||||||||
Only child | 6 | 71.4 | 6.8 | 8 | 73.5 | 7.2 | 9 | 76.4 | 10.8 | 10 | 76.0 | 10.7 |
Siblings | 46 | 71.7 | 9.9 | 44 | 77.7 | 12.2 | 43 | 79.6 | 10.8 | 42 | 79.6 | 10.8 |
TOTAL | ||||||||||||
Only child | 34 | 46.3 | 16.4 | 34 | 43.9 | 22.5 | 34 | 41.6 | 26.1 | 34 | 53.2 | 20.0 |
Siblings | 125 | 50.6 | 20.4 | 125 | 49.8 | 25.7 | 125 | 48.6 | 27.7 | 125 | 53.5 | 23.1 |
MCA Total | Stability | Locomotor | Manipulative | |||||
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Only Child | Siblings | Only Child | Siblings | Only Child | Siblings | Only Child | Siblings | |
Low MC | 11 | 42 | 9 | 44 | 14 | 39 | 11 | 42 |
32% | 33% | 27% | 35% | 41% | 31% | 32% | 34% | |
Average MC | 17 * | 37 * | 17 | 37 | 11 | 43 | 13 | 41 |
50% | 30% | 50% | 30% | 32% | 34% | 38% | 33% | |
High MC | 6 * | 46 * | 8 | 44 | 9 | 43 | 10 | 42 |
18% | 37% | 24% | 35% | 27% | 34% | 30% | 34% | |
Chi-Square | 6.29 | 5.00 | 1.35 | 0.39 | ||||
df | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Sig. | 0.043 | 0.082 | 0.510 | 0.852 | ||||
Cramer’s V | 0.20 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.05 |
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Rodrigues, L.P.; Luz, C.; Cordovil, R.; Mendes, R.; Alexandre, R.; Lopes, V.P. Siblings’ Influence on the Motor Competence of Preschoolers. Children 2021, 8, 204. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8030204
Rodrigues LP, Luz C, Cordovil R, Mendes R, Alexandre R, Lopes VP. Siblings’ Influence on the Motor Competence of Preschoolers. Children. 2021; 8(3):204. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8030204
Chicago/Turabian StyleRodrigues, Luis P., Carlos Luz, Rita Cordovil, Rui Mendes, Rita Alexandre, and Vítor P. Lopes. 2021. "Siblings’ Influence on the Motor Competence of Preschoolers" Children 8, no. 3: 204. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8030204
APA StyleRodrigues, L. P., Luz, C., Cordovil, R., Mendes, R., Alexandre, R., & Lopes, V. P. (2021). Siblings’ Influence on the Motor Competence of Preschoolers. Children, 8(3), 204. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8030204