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Fundamental movement skills and physical fitness as predictors of physical activity: A 6‐year follow‐up study
Author(s) -
Jaakkola T.,
YliPiipari S.,
Huotari P.,
Watt A.,
Liukkonen J.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of medicine and science in sports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.575
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1600-0838
pISSN - 0905-7188
DOI - 10.1111/sms.12407
Subject(s) - physical fitness , physical activity , energy expenditure , body mass index , psychology , intensity (physics) , physical activity level , demography , physical therapy , gerontology , medicine , endocrinology , physics , quantum mechanics , sociology
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which fundamental movement skills and physical fitness scores assessed in early adolescence predict self‐reported physical activity assessed 6 years later. The sample comprised 333 (200 girls, 133 boys; M age = 12.41) students. The effects of previous physical activity, sex, and body mass index ( BMI ) were controlled in the main analyses. Adolescents’ fundamental movement skills, physical fitness, self‐report physical activity, and BMI were collected at baseline, and their self‐report energy expenditure (metabolic equivalents: MET s) and intensity of physical activity were collected using the I nternational P hysical A ctivity Q uestionnaire 6 years later. Results showed that fundamental movement skills predicted MET s, light, moderate, and vigorous intensity physical activity levels, whereas fitness predicted MET s, moderate, and vigorous physical activity levels. Hierarchical regression analyses also showed that after controlling for previous levels of physical activity, sex, and BMI , the size of the effect of fundamental movement skills and physical fitness on energy expenditure and physical activity intensity was moderate ( R 2 change between 0.06 and 0.15), with the effect being stronger for high intensity physical activity.