The relationship between actual and perceived motor competence in children, adolescents and young adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

A De Meester, LM Barnett, A Brian, SJ Bowe… - Sports Medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background Actual and perceived motor competence are important correlates of various
health-related behaviors. As such, numerous studies have examined the association …

Actual and perceived motor competence in relation to body mass index in primary school-aged children: A systematic review

A Trecroci, PL Invernizzi, D Monacis, D Colella - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Unhealthy-weight status may represent a precursor of poor actual (AMC)(ie, process-and
product-oriented) and perceived (PMC) motor competence. AMC and PMC represent key …

Perceived motor competence in early childhood predicts perceived and actual motor competence in middle childhood

D Niemistö, LM Barnett, A Laukkanen… - … Journal of Medicine …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The study aims were to (1) identify perceived motor competence (PMC) and actual motor
competence (AMC) profiles in children at two time points (early and middle childhood) 3 …

Skill acquisition methods fostering physical literacy in early-physical education (SAMPLE-PE): Rationale and study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial in …

JR Rudd, M Crotti, K Fitton-Davies… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background There is a need for interdisciplinary research to better understand how
pedagogical approaches in primary physical education (PE) can support the linked …

[HTML][HTML] The role of motivation in the conceptual model of motor development in childhood

C Menescardi, A De Meester, S Morbée… - Psychology of Sport and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was twofold: first, to investigate whether perceived motor competence
(PMC) mediates the relation between actual motor competence (AMC) and physical activity …

Association between actual and perceived motor competence in school children

J Carcamo-Oyarzun, I Estevan… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: The association between actual and perceived motor competence (MC) is
one of the underlying mechanisms that influence the practice of physical activity. This study …

Socioecological correlates of perceived motor competence in 5‐to 7‐year‐old Finnish children

D Niemistö, LM Barnett, M Cantell… - … journal of medicine …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated child, family, and environmental factors associated with young children's
perceptions of locomotor (LM) and object control (OC) skills. The participants comprised 472 …

[BOOK][B] The routledge handbook of youth physical activity

TA Brusseau, SJ Fairclough, DR Lubans - 2020 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Physical activity in children and youth is associated with physiological, physical, and mental
health benefits with research suggesting that the more physical activity one accumulates, the …

Crosstalk between gross and fine motor domains during late childhood: The influence of gross motor training on fine motor performances in primary school children

V Sorgente, EJ Cohen, R Bravi… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Gross and fine motor competence have a close relationship during development and are
shown to correlate to some extent. However, the study of the interaction between these …

Actual and perceived motor competence: Are children accurate in their perceptions?

M Morano, L Bortoli, MC Ruiz, A Campanozzi… - PLoS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The aims of this study were (1) to investigate whether 6− 7-year-old children are accurate in
perceiving their actual movement competence, and (2) to examine possible age-and gender …