J. Funct. Morphol. Kinesiol. 2018, 3(2), 20; https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk3020020
Actual vs. Perceived Motor Competence in Children (8–10 Years): An Issue of Non-Veridicality
Cain C. T. Clark 1,2,3,*
, Jason Moran 1,2, Benjamin Drury 1,2, Fotini Venetsanou 4
and John F. T. Fernandes 1,2
and John F. T. Fernandes 1,21
Higher Education Sport, University Centre Hartpury, Gloucester GL19 3BE, UK
2
Sport, Exercise and Well-Being Research Arena, University Centre Hartpury, Gloucester GL19 3BE, UK
3
Engineering Behaviour Analytics in Sports and Exercise (E-BASE) Research Group, Swansea University, Wales SA1 8EN, UK
4
School of Physical Education and Sport Science National, Kapodistrian University of Athens, 17237 Athens, Greece
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Received: 14 February 2018 / Revised: 15 March 2018 / Accepted: 20 March 2018 / Published: 22 March 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Health Promotion in Children and Adolescents through Sport and Physical Activities)
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·m2)) 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). View Full-TextKeywords:
motor competence; actual; perceived; children; locomotor; object control
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Clark, C.C.T.; Moran, J.; Drury, B.; Venetsanou, F.; Fernandes, J.F.T. Actual vs. Perceived Motor Competence in Children (8–10 Years): An Issue of Non-Veridicality. J. Funct. Morphol. Kinesiol. 2018, 3, 20.
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