Gender Differences in Fundamental Motor Skill Development in Disadvantaged Preschoolers from Two Geographical Regions

Autor/inn/en	Goodway, Jacqueline D.; Robinson, Leah E.; Crowe, Heather
Titel	Gender Differences in Fundamental Motor Skill Development in Disadvantaged Preschoolers from Two Geographical Regions
Quelle	In: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 81 (2010) 1, S.17-24 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0270-1367
Schlagwörter	Females; Developmental Delays; Skill Development; Psychomotor Skills; Motor Development; Preschool Children; Gender Differences; Geographic Location; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Young Children; Disadvantaged Youth; Urban Schools + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Entwicklungsverzögerung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Motorische Entwicklung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Geschlechterkonflikt; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Frühe Kindheit; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule
Abstract	This study examined the influence of gender and region on object control (OC) and locomotor skill development. Participants were 275 midwestern African American and 194 southwestern Hispanic preschool children who were disadvantaged. All were evaluated on the Test of Gross Motor Development-2 (Ulrich, 2000). Two, 2 Gender (girls, boys) x 2 Region (midwest, southwest) analyses of variance were conducted on OC and locomotor percentile rank. Both midwestern and southwestern preschoolers were developmentally delayed in locomotor and OC skills (less than 30th percentile). There was a significant difference for gender (p less than 0.0001) and Gender x Region interaction (p = 0.02) for OC skills. Boys outperformed girls in the midwestern and southwestern regions. For locomotor skills, there was a significant difference for region (p less than 0.001), with midwestern preschoolers having better locomotor skills. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10