Factors Associated with Motor Competence in Preschoolers from a Brazilian Urban Area

Autor/inn/en	Nobre, Juliana Nogueira Pontes; Morais, Rosane Luzia De Souza; Viegas, Ângela Alves; Fernandes, Amanda Cristina; Scheidt Figueiredo, Pedro Henrique; Costa, Henrique Silveira; Peixoto, Marco Fabrício Dias; de Alcântara, Marcus Alessandro; Mendonça, Vanessa Amaral; Lacerda, Ana Cristina Rodrigues
Titel	Factors Associated with Motor Competence in Preschoolers from a Brazilian Urban Area
Quelle	In: Child & Youth Care Forum, 52 (2023) 3, S.721-736 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Nobre, Juliana Nogueira Pontes)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-1890
DOI	10.1007/s10566-022-09708-7
Schlagwörter	Psychomotor Skills; Preschool Children; Foreign Countries; Urban Schools; Skill Development; Educational Quality; Rating Scales; Early Childhood Education; Physical Activity Level; Educational Environment; Brazil; Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychomotorische Aktivität; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Ausland; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Rating-Skala; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Brasilien
Abstract	Background: Preschool is a crucial period for developing motor skills. Objective: This study evaluated factors associated with motor competence in preschoolers from a Brazilian urban area. Methods: A total of 211 preschoolers (51.2% girls and 48.8% boys) were evaluated. Body mass index was calculated; the Brazilian Economic Research Criterion, the Mini-Mental Scale (MMC) and the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale®, Revised (ECERS-R™) were applied; the Habitual Physical Activity time was recorded; the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD-2) was performed. Univariate analysis was performed using simple linear regression for the independent variables, considering the motor test subscales as dependent variables. Variables with p < 0.20 in the univariate analysis were considered for the multiple linear regression model and were entered into the stepwise method. Results: The independent variables remaining in the Standard Score Locomotor model were BMI, presence of park at school, and MMC (R[superscript 2] = 0.16). The independent variables remaining in the Standard Object Control score were MMC and gender (R[superscript 2] = 0.03). The variables associated with the highest scores of Gross Motor Quotient were MMC, body mass index, and presence of a park at school, respectively (R[superscript 2] = 0.11). Conclusions: Male eutrophic preschoolers who are physically active and attend schools with parks or courtyards in a Brazilian urban area have the highest scores for global cognitive function and motor competence. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01