Children’s self-perceived bodily competence and the association to actual competence, BMI, teachers evaluation of- and the parents concern for their motor development.
Involverte ansatteGrønfeldt V, Hansen SE, Hasselstrom H, Froberg K,
Andersen LB.Submitted to Scand J Med Sci Sports Exerc aug 2005.
BeskrivelseThis study analysed baseline data from the Copenhagen School Child Intervention Study (CoSCIS). The association between actual physical competence (MQ), self-perceived bodily competence, their parents concern for their motor development and teacher’s evaluation of the children’s bodily competence were analysed in 646 6-7 year old children.
MQ was obtained by “Körperkoordinationstest für Kinder” (KTK) while the children’s, their parents and their teachers evaluations were obtained by questionnaires. Weak correlations were found between actual competence (MQ) and teachers’ evaluation, parents concern and children’s perception of bodily competence and a weak negative correlation between MQ and BMI.
Parents concern followed by teachers evaluation and high BMI were the strongest predictors of low actual physical competence (MQ<85). Teachers evaluation of motor skills was associated to low self-perceived bodily competence in the children even after adjustment for MQ. This could call for teacher’s special attention for this personal trait and especially for girls.