Gender differences in motor skill proficiency from childhood to adolescence : a longitudinal study
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01/06/2010
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Resumo |
Students' proficiency in three object control and three locomotor skills were assessed in 2000 (M age = 10.06 years, SD = 0.63) in New South Wales, Australia and in 2006-07 (M age = 16. 44 years, SD = 0. 64). In 2006-07, 266 students, 138 girls (51.9%) and 128 boys (48.1%), had at least one skill reassessed. Boys were more object control proficient than girls. Childhood object control proficiency significantly predicted (p =. 001) adolescent object control proficiency ([r.sup.2] = .39), and, while gender was significant (p = .001), it did not affect the relationship between these variables (p = .53). Because childhood object control proficiency is predictive of subsequent object control proficiency, developing skills in childhood is important.<br /> |
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Idioma(s) |
eng |
Publicador |
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance |
Relação |
http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30031042/barnett-genderdifferences-2010.pdf http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30031042/barnett-genderdifferences-evidence-2010.pdf http://find.galegroup.com/gtx/infomark.do? |
Direitos |
2010, Taylor & Francis |
Palavras-Chave | #gross motor skills #locomotor #object control |
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Journal Article |