ArticleFrontiers in psychology2020
Task-Specific and Latent Relationships Between Motor Skills and Executive Functions in Preschool Children.
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- The impact of structured motor learning intervention on preschool children's executive functions.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Infant Motor Competence Predicts Executive Functions in Preschoolers: The Role of Sleep.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Executive function skills predict motor competence in preschool children.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Association between Motor Skills, Occupational Performance, and Mental Health in Japanese Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Correlational Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Aerobic fitness and fine motor skills are related to switching and updating in typically developing children.Psychological research · 2023Article
- Association between fundamental motor skills and executive function in preschool children: A cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Teacher-Rated Executive Functions, Gender and Relative Age: Independent and Interactive Effects on Observed Fundamental Motor Skills in Kindergarteners.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Assessing Motor Performance in Preschool Children: The Zurich Neuromotor Assessment-2 and the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2.Perceptual and motor skills · 2021Article
- Clinical use of ACQUIRE Therapy for Children Diagnosed With CASK-Gene Related Disabilities.Advances in rehabilitation science and practiceArticle
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Abstract
There has been an increasing interest in the relationship between motor skills and executive functions (EFs) in young children over the years. However, no clear picture on the relationship between both domains has emerged from these studies. We have extended previous findings by conducting a comprehensive examination of task-specific and latent relationships between a range of motor skills and EFs in preschool children. The sample consisted of 198 3- to 5-year-old children (102 boys; 51.5%). Motor skills were assessed using the Movement Assessment Battery for Children Second Edition. EFs were assessed with the performance-based tasks 'Day/Night,' 'Hand Tapping,' 'Forward Corsi Block,' 'Forward Digit Recall,' and 'Conflict Task,' and a rating-based EF measure (i.e., the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning - Preschool version). Task-specific relationships were examined using zero-order Pearson correlations. Latent factors of motor skills and EFs were examined using confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory structural equation modeling. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to examine latent relationships. The results of the Pearson correlation analyses showed statistically significant albeit weak correlations between specific motor and EF items (
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