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Gender Differences on Motor Competence in 5-Year-Old Preschool Children Regarding Relative Age

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  • Rubén Navarro-Patón

    (Facultad de Formación del Profesorado, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 27001 Lugo, Spain)

  • Joaquín Lago-Ballesteros

    (Facultad de Formación del Profesorado, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 27001 Lugo, Spain)

  • Víctor Arufe-Giráldez

    (Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de A Coruña, 15008 A Coruña, Spain)

  • Alberto Sanmiguel-Rodríguez

    (Facultad de Lenguas y Educación, Universidad Camilo José Cela, 28692 Madrid, Spain
    Facultad de Lenguas y Educación, Universidad Nebrija, 28015 Madrid, Spain)

  • Carlos Lago-Fuentes

    (Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Europea del Atlántico, 39011 Santander, Spain)

  • Marcos Mecías-Calvo

    (Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Europea del Atlántico, 39011 Santander, Spain
    Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Industrial de Cantabria (CITICAN), 39011 Santander, Spain)

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences on motor competence between 5-year-old boys and girls and to investigate the existence of Relative Age Effect (RAE) on their motor competence. A total of 232 preschool children were evaluated of whom 134 (57.8%) were boys and 98 (42.2%) were girls. The Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) was used to collect data. The data show a main effect on gender factor; there was a main effect in total score of manual dexterity (MD; p = 0.010), in total score of balance (Bal; p < 0.001), in total test score (TTS; p < 0.001), and in total percentile score (TPS, p < 0.001). In the semester of birth factor, there were differences in aiming and catching (A&C, p < 0.001), in Bal ( p = 0.029) and in total percentile score (TPS, p = 0.010). Girls perform better in MD, Bal, TTS, and TPS than boys. Preschool children born in the first semester obtain, in general, a higher percentage and a higher percentile than their peers born in the second one. RAE is present in A&C, Bal, and TPS, with higher scores obtained by preschool children born in the first semester compared to those born in the second one.

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  • Rubén Navarro-Patón & Joaquín Lago-Ballesteros & Víctor Arufe-Giráldez & Alberto Sanmiguel-Rodríguez & Carlos Lago-Fuentes & Marcos Mecías-Calvo, 2021. "Gender Differences on Motor Competence in 5-Year-Old Preschool Children Regarding Relative Age," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(6), pages 1-10, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:6:p:3143-:d:519703
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    1. Maresa Sprietsma, 2010. "Effect of relative age in the first grade of primary school on long-term scholastic results: international comparative evidence using PISA 2003," Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(1), pages 1-32.
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