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Socio-Cultural and Somatic Factors Associated with Children's Motor Competence
Vitor P Lopes1, Diogo Monteiro2
1Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, Research Center in Sports Sciences Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD), 5300-223 Bragança, Portugal.
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of somatic and socio-cultural factors on children's motor competence (MC). MC was assessed through the standing long jump (SLJ), distance throw of a tennis ball (TTB), and 20 m dash (20 m) in 181 children (84 girls) with a mean age of 6.10(0.47) years. The effect of socio-economic status, house/living space, educational practices, the child's interaction with peers and siblings, and the sum of five skinfolds (SS) were analysed via structural equation modelling (SEM) in each motor skill. The SEM models displayed a good fit to the data. In addition, standardized direct effects are significant on different outcome variables, except for brotherhood relationship (BR) and peer relationship in TTB, and 20 m dash and BR in standing long jump (SLJ). SS are negatively related to all motor skills.
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