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Associations Among Perceived Motor Competence, Motor Competence, Physical Activity, And Health-Related Physical Fitness Of Children Ages 10-15 Years Old., Emily Marie Post
Associations Among Perceived Motor Competence, Motor Competence, Physical Activity, And Health-Related Physical Fitness Of Children Ages 10-15 Years Old., Emily Marie Post
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Purpose: To examine the associations among perceived motor competence (PMC), motor competence (MC), physical activity, and health-related physical fitness during middle childhood and early adolescence. Method: Participants were 47, 10-15 year old youth. Each participant completed two visits in East Tennessee or northwest Ohio. During these visits, the participants completed the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test (BOT-2) Analysis Test for Motor Proficiency, Harter’s PMC questionnaire, and the FITNESSGRAM battery for health-related physical fitness. The Actigraph GT3X+ accelerometer was used to measure physical activity. Results: There were significant associations among health-related physical fitness and both motor percentile (rs = 0.44, p < 0.01) and PMC (r …