Journal
JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES
Volume 28, Issue 12, Pages 1369-1375Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2010.510845
Keywords
Physical competencies; physical education; children
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- Danish Heart Foundation
- National Board of Health
- Ministry of Culture
- National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
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The associations between physical competence, self-perceived bodily competence, parental concern for their children's motor skill development, and teachers' evaluation of their bodily competence were assessed in 646 six- to seven-year-olds. Physical competence was assessed by the German motor ability test oKorperkoordinationstest fur Kindero, while the children's, their parents', and their teachers' evaluations were obtained through questionnaires. Parental concern, teacher evaluation, and a high body mass index were the strongest predictors of low physical competence (motor skill quotient85). Teachers' evaluation of bodily competence was associated with low self-perceived bodily competence in the children even after adjustment for motor skill quotient, with an odds ratio of 2.3 (P0.05) between the lowest and highest of the three levels after correction for motor skill competence. Results indicate that teachers' evaluation of children's motor skills should be considered a key factor when tracking and assessing physical competencies among youth.
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