ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Relative Age Effect on Motor Competence in Children Aged 4-5 Years.
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- Healthy Lifestyle Matters: A Network Analysis of Urban Chinese Pre-School Children's Adiposity, Sleep Health, Mental Health, Child Functioning and Health Behaviours.Child: care, health and development · 2025Article
- Executive function skills predict motor competence in preschool children.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Motor competence development of children in Singapore: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study.PeerJ · 2025Article
- Sports participation and sex outweigh the relative age effect in motor competence of school-aged children.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- The relationship between fundamental motor skills and executive function in children: a stratified analysis by age and sex.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Do Gender and BMI Affect the Motor Skills of Five-Year-Old Preschoolers Differently?Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Is It Possible to Improve Motor Competence through a Structured Balance Bike Program in Preschool Children Aged 3 to 6 Years?Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Changes in Motor Competence of 4-8-Year-Old Children: A Longitudinal Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
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- The relative age effect on fundamental movement skillsl in Chinese children aged 3-5 years.BMC pediatrics · 2023Article
- Is Foundational Movement Skill Competency Important for Keeping Children Physically Active and at a Healthy Weight?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Investigating Relationships between Preschool Children's Perceived Competence, Motor Skills, and Physical Activity: A Cross-Lagged Panel Model.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Relative Age Effect in Physical Fitness during the Elementary School Years.Pediatric reports · 2021Article
- Is Quarter of Birth a Risk Factor for Developmental Coordinator Disorder in Preschool Children?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Is It Possible to Reduce the Relative Age Effect through an Intervention on Motor Competence in Preschool Children?Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether a Relative Age Effect (RAE) exists in motor competence of preschool children. The hypothesis was that motor competence, assessed by the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2), would be higher in preschool children born in the first quarter of the year compared to those who were born in the last quarter of the same year. A total of 360 preschool children were evaluated of whom 208 (57.8%) were boys and 152 (42.8%) were girls, with a mean age of 4.52 years old (± 0.50). The distribution of the participants was 172 children aged 4 years old and 188 aged 5 years old. The data showed a main effect on the age factor in the total score of aiming and catching (
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