Gender differences in motor skill proficiency from childhood to adolescence : a longitudinal study Barnett, Lisa M., van Beurden, Eric, Morgan, Philip J., Brooks, Lyndon O. and Beard, John R. 2010, Gender differences in motor skill proficiency from childhood to adolescence : a longitudinal study, Research quarterly for exercise and sport, vol. 81, no. 2, pp. 162-170. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Gender differences in motor skill proficiency from childhood to adolescence : a longitudinal study Author(s) Barnett, Lisa M. orcid.org/0000-0002-9731-625X van Beurden, Eric Morgan, Philip J. Brooks, Lyndon O. Beard, John R. Journal name Research quarterly for exercise and sport Volume number 81 Issue number 2 Start page 162 End page 170 Total pages 9 Publisher American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Place of publication [Washington, D.C.] Publication date 2010-06 ISSN 0270-1367 2168-3824 Keyword(s) gross motor skills locomotor object control Summary 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. Language eng Field of Research 110699 Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2010, Taylor & Francis Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30031042 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences School of Health and Social Development 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 Wed, 03 Nov 2010, 14:10:39 EST Wed, 03 Nov 2010, 14:46:29 EST Wed, 03 Nov 2010, 14:54:56 EST Thu, 04 Nov 2010, 11:18:47 EST Tue, 01 Oct 2013, 10:26:56 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 16:43:07 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 168 times in TR Web of Science Cited 187 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 965 Abstract Views, 5 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 03 Nov 2010, 14:10:33 EST by Leanne Swaneveld