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Relationship between Motor Skill Competence and Physical Activity in Girls

Author(s) -

F Khodaverdi,

Abbas Bahram

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

annals of applied sport science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.159

H-Index - 4

eISSN - 2476-4981

pISSN - 2322-4479

DOI - 10.18869/acadpub.aassjournal.3.2.43

Subject(s) - gross motor skill , competence (human resources) , motor skill , psychology , physical activity , developmental psychology , motor activity , analysis of variance , psychological intervention , regression analysis , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , social psychology , psychiatry , machine learning , computer science

This study examined the relationship between motor skill competence, and physical activity in 8– 9 years-old girls (N=352). Locomotor and object control skill competence was assessed, using the Test of Gross Motor Development-2, and the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children was used to assess physical activity. Regression analysis revealed that locomotor proficiency accounted for 20% (P = 0.001) of variance associated with self-reported moderate to vigorous physical activity. The findings warrant future investigations that examine interventions that focus on locomotor skills to promote physical activity in girls.

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