@article{ref1,
title="Children's self-perceived bodily competencies and associations with motor skills, body mass index, teachers' evaluations, and parents' concerns",
journal="Journal of sports sciences",
year="2010",
author="Stoeckel, JT",
volume="28",
number="12",
pages="1369-1375",
abstract="The associations between physical competence, self-perceived bodily competence, parental concern for their children's motor skill development, and teachers' evaluation of their bodily competence were assessed in 646 six- to seven-year-olds. Physical competence was assessed by the German motor ability test &quot;Korperkoordinationstest fur Kinder&quot;, while the children's, their parents', and their teachers' evaluations were obtained through questionnaires. Parental concern, teacher evaluation, and a high body mass index were the strongest predictors of low physical competence (motor skill quotient <85). Teachers' evaluation of bodily competence was associated with low self-perceived bodily competence in the children even after adjustment for motor skill quotient, with an odds ratio of 2.3 (P < 0.05) between the lowest and highest of the three levels after correction for motor skill competence. Results indicate that teachers' evaluation of children's motor skills should be considered a key factor when tracking and assessing physical competencies among youth.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0264-0414",
doi="10.1080/02640414.2010.510845",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2010.510845"
}