Contributions of motor skill development and physical activity to the ontogeny of executive function skills in early childhood

MT Willoughby, K Hudson - Developmental Review, 2023 - Elsevier
Because of executive function (EF) skills' importance for social, emotional, and academic
success, there is strong interest in supporting their development in early childhood. Efforts to …

Holistic functioning from a developmental perspective: a new synthesis with a focus on a multi-tiered system support structure

DF Stodden, C Pesce, N Zarrett, P Tomporowski… - Clinical Child and …, 2023 - Springer
While research in specific academic disciplines has individually advanced knowledge and
practice for promoting multiple aspects of health and well-being in children and adolescents …

Reinvest to assess: advancing approaches to motor competence measurement across the lifespan

RM Hulteen, B Terlizzi, TC Abrams, RS Sacko… - Sports Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Measurement of motor competence is a vital process to advancing knowledge in the field of
motor development. As motor competence is being more widely linked to research in other …

Associations between Motor competence and physical activity, physical fitness and psychosocial characteristics in adolescents: a systematic review and Meta-analysis

AM Burton, I Cowburn, F Thompson, JC Eisenmann… - Sports Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background Motor competence is an integral component of the health and performance of
youth. Numerous studies support the hypothesis that motor competence interacts with …

Perceived motor competence in early childhood predicts perceived and actual motor competence in middle childhood

D Niemistö, LM Barnett, A Laukkanen… - … Journal of Medicine …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The study aims were to (1) identify perceived motor competence (PMC) and actual motor
competence (AMC) profiles in children at two time points (early and middle childhood) 3 …

The association of physical competence with psychological response among young athletes at time of return to sport after ACL reconstruction

CM Zwolski, MV Paterno… - … American Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The traditional index of return-to-sport (RTS) readiness after anterior cruciate
ligament reconstruction (ACLR) is the achievement of physical competence criteria …

Relationships between physical activity, fundamental motor skills, and body mass index in preschool children

FF Ma, DM Luo - Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Purpose To investigate whether there is a potential relationship between physical activity
(PA), fundamental motor skills (FMS), and Body Mass Index (BMI) in preschool children and …

The mediational role of motivation in the model of motor development in childhood: A longitudinal study

C Menescardi, A De Meester, O Álvarez… - Psychology of Sport and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was twofold: first, to examine the stability of the hypothesized
conceptual model of motor development (without and with including various types of …

Motor competence, motivation and enjoyment in physical education to profile children in relation to physical activity behaviors

J Carcamo-Oyarzun, C Herrmann… - … Education and Sport …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Motor competence (MC) has been recognized as a main goal in Physical
Education (PE) and a determining element for the promotion of Physical Activity (PA). The …

Strategies to improve physical activity and nutrition Behaviours in children and adolescents: a review

S Jayasinghe, AP Hills - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Despite widespread acknowledgement of the multifarious health benefits of physical activity
(PA), including prevention and control of obesity, an overwhelming majority of children and …