Ebonee L Visser1, Emiliano Mazzoli2, Trina Hinkley3, Natalie J Lander4, Till Utesch5, Lisa M Barnett6. 1. School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Australia. Electronic address: eboneevisser@gmail.com. 2. School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Australia. 3. Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise and Nutrition, Deakin University, Australia. 4. School of Arts and Education, Deakin University, Australia. 5. University of Münster, Germany. 6. Institute of Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Australia.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Self-perceptions such as perceived motor competence and psychosocial wellbeing have been identified as important to children's physical activity. The study's purpose was to explore whether perceived motor competence and psychosocial wellbeing were determinants of physical activity, one year after a baseline assessment. DESIGN: Longitudinal study. METHODS: A total of 134 children (65.7% boys, 34.3% girls) aged 6-7 years at baseline (2016), and 7-8 years at follow-up (2017) were included in this study. Pearson's correlations assessed associations at baseline and follow-up between moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) (accelerometers) and (i) total perceived motor competence and subdomains (the pictorial scale of Perceived Movement Skill Competence) and (ii) psychosocial wellbeing and sub-domains - KidKINDL KINDer Lebensqualitätsfragebogen: Children Quality of Life Questionnaire (KINDLR). Variables identified as significant in Pearson's correlations were included in mixed model analyses, adjusting for accelerometer wear time, sex and age. RESULTS: Baseline perceived object control skills was associated with MVPA at follow-up (r=0.38, p<0.001), but perceived locomotor skills were not. Self-esteem was the only subdomain of psychosocial wellbeing that demonstrated significant association with MVPA at baseline (r=0.21, p<0.05). Perceived object control (B=1.36, p=0.019, 95% CI [0.23, 2.50]) and self-esteem (B=0.32, p=0.001, 95% CI [0.13, 0.50]) positively predicted MVPA; albeit with small effects. CONCLUSIONS: Focusing on improving children's perceived object control and self-reported self-esteem may contribute to children's physical activity participation.
OBJECTIVES: Self-perceptions such as perceived motor competence and psychosocial wellbeing have been identified as important to children's physical activity. The study's purpose was to explore whether perceived motor competence and psychosocial wellbeing were determinants of physical activity, one year after a baseline assessment. DESIGN: Longitudinal study. METHODS: A total of 134 children (65.7% boys, 34.3% girls) aged 6-7 years at baseline (2016), and 7-8 years at follow-up (2017) were included in this study. Pearson's correlations assessed associations at baseline and follow-up between moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) (accelerometers) and (i) total perceived motor competence and subdomains (the pictorial scale of Perceived Movement Skill Competence) and (ii) psychosocial wellbeing and sub-domains - KidKINDL KINDer Lebensqualitätsfragebogen: Children Quality of Life Questionnaire (KINDLR). Variables identified as significant in Pearson's correlations were included in mixed model analyses, adjusting for accelerometer wear time, sex and age. RESULTS: Baseline perceived object control skills was associated with MVPA at follow-up (r=0.38, p<0.001), but perceived locomotor skills were not. Self-esteem was the only subdomain of psychosocial wellbeing that demonstrated significant association with MVPA at baseline (r=0.21, p<0.05). Perceived object control (B=1.36, p=0.019, 95% CI [0.23, 2.50]) and self-esteem (B=0.32, p=0.001, 95% CI [0.13, 0.50]) positively predicted MVPA; albeit with small effects. CONCLUSIONS: Focusing on improving children's perceived object control and self-reported self-esteem may contribute to children's physical activity participation.
Authors: Lisa M Barnett; Jill A Hnatiuk; Ninoshka D'Souza; Jo Salmon; Kylie D Hesketh Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2021-01-18 Impact factor: 3.390
Authors: Kara K Palmer; Michael A Nunu; Katherine Q Scott-Andrews; Leah E Robinson Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2021-06-03 Impact factor: 3.390