Associations between skill perceptions and young children's actual fundamental movement skills Liong, Grace H. E., Ridgers, Nicola D. and Barnett, Lisa M. 2015, Associations between skill perceptions and young children's actual fundamental movement skills, Perceptual & motor skills, vol. 120, no. 2, pp. 591-603, doi: 10.2466/10.25.PMS.120v18x2. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Associations between skill perceptions and young children's actual fundamental movement skills Author(s) Liong, Grace H. E. Ridgers, Nicola D. orcid.org/0000-0001-5713-3515 Barnett, Lisa M. orcid.org/0000-0002-9731-625X Journal name Perceptual & motor skills Volume number 120 Issue number 2 Start page 591 End page 603 Total pages 13 Publisher Ammons Scientific Place of publication Missoula, Mont. Publication date 2015-04 ISSN 0031-5125 Keyword(s) Social Sciences Psychology, Experimental Psychology PERCEIVED PHYSICAL COMPETENCE PRESCHOOL-CHILDREN MOTOR-SKILLS RELIABILITY PROFICIENCY FITNESS YOUTH Summary -Given that children with low movement skill competence engage in less physical activity, it is important to understand how children's perceptions relate to actual movement competence. This study examined relationships between (i) children's self-perception and objective assessments of their movement skills (object control and locomotor) and (ii) parents' perceptions of the children's movement skills and objective assessment. Children's skill perceptions were assessed using the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Movement Skill Competence for Young Children. Parent perceptions of their child's skills were assessed using a modified version of this instrument. The Test of Gross Motor Development-2nd edition assessed children's skills objectively. Participants were 136 Australian children (51% boys; M = 6.5 yr., SD = 1.1) and 133 parents. Regression analyses (by sex) examined the relationship between perceptions and children's scores for actual skilled performance. Boys' perceptions were associated with their actual object control ability. Parents accurately perceived boys' object control ability and girls' locomotor ability, but not the reverse. This suggests interventions aiming to improve children's movement skills could target parents and be designed to teach parents how to recognize good and poor skill performance in their children. Language eng DOI 10.2466/10.25.PMS.120v18x2 Field of Research 110699 Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920401 Behaviour and Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2015, Ammons Scientific Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30073690 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Author URL 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 Thu, 04 Jun 2015, 14:19:45 EST Fri, 05 Jun 2015, 05:03:56 EST Wed, 05 Aug 2015, 06:08:19 EST Thu, 06 Aug 2015, 15:02:30 EST Thu, 06 Aug 2015, 15:03:19 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 57 times in TR Web of Science Cited 81 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 656 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 04 Jun 2015, 14:19:45 EST