Relationships between maturity status, physical activity and physical self-perceptions in primary school children Fairclough, Stuart J. and Ridgers, Nicola D. 2010, Relationships between maturity status, physical activity and physical self-perceptions in primary school children, Journal of sports sciences, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 1-9, doi: 10.1080/02640410903334780. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Relationships between maturity status, physical activity and physical self-perceptions in primary school children Author(s) Fairclough, Stuart J. Ridgers, Nicola D. orcid.org/0000-0001-5713-3515 Journal name Journal of sports sciences Volume number 28 Issue number 1 Start page 1 End page 9 Total pages 9 Publisher Routledge Place of publication London, England Publication date 2010 ISSN 0264-0414 1466-447X Keyword(s) maturation physical activity physical self-perceptions children health Summary The aim of this study was to examine the influence of maturity status on primary school children's physical activity and physical self-perceptions. Altogether, 175 children (97 girls, 78 boys) aged 10.6 ± 0.3 years completed the Children and Youth Physical Self-Perception Profile and wore an ActiGraph accelerometer for five consecutive days to assess moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. Anthropometric measures were completed to estimate maturity status. A two-level, multi-level analysis was used to assess the influence of maturity status on moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and physical self-perceptions. Boys performed more moderate-to-vigorous physical activity than girls (P < 0.0001), but when the effect of maturity status was controlled the difference was reduced (P = 0.02). Significant differences between the sexes were also observed for physical self-perception sub-domains (boys > girls, P = 0.02 to 0.0001). When maturity status was added to the model, significant differences were no longer apparent for each sub-domain, with the exception of perceived strength. Significant interactions between gender and maturity status revealed that boys' physical self-perceptions improved with more advanced maturity status, whereas girls' self-perceptions decreased (P = 0.07 to 0.002). Significant differences between the sexes in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and some domains of physical self-perceptions were reduced or no longer evident when the effect of maturity status was controlled. Maturity status may differentially influence boys' and girls' physical self-perceptions. Language eng DOI 10.1080/02640410903334780 Field of Research 091106 Special Vehicles Socio Economic Objective 920499 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2010, Taylor & Francis Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30029900 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 03 Sep 2010, 10:57:21 EST Tue, 07 Sep 2010, 08:38:56 EST Tue, 07 Sep 2010, 15:25:29 EST Tue, 07 Sep 2010, 15:26:41 EST Wed, 08 Sep 2010, 08:32:09 EST Wed, 19 Jan 2011, 08:16:51 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 16:16:23 EST Thu, 11 Dec 2014, 16:42:18 EST Mon, 19 Jan 2015, 09:28:05 EST Wed, 17 Aug 2016, 08:32:47 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 15:51:07 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 24 times in TR Web of Science Cited 21 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 892 Abstract Views, 30 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 03 Sep 2010, 10:57:18 EST by Jane Moschetti