@article{uneatlantico35,
          volume = {8},
          author = {Rub{\'e}n Navarro-Pat{\'o}n and Marcos Mec{\'i}as-Calvo and Jos{\'e} Eugenio Rodr{\'i}guez Fern{\'a}ndez and V{\'i}ctor Arufe-Gir{\'a}ldez},
         journal = {Children},
           title = {Relative Age Effect on Motor Competence in Children Aged 4?5 Years},
           pages = {115},
           month = {Febrero},
            year = {2021},
             url = {http://repositorio.uneatlantico.es/id/eprint/35/},
        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 ({$\pm$} 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 (p {\ensuremath{<}} 0.001) and in the total test score (p {\ensuremath{<}} 0.001), in the quarter of
birth factor in all the dimensions studied (i.e., total score of manual dexterity (p {\ensuremath{<}} 0.001); total score
of aiming and catching (p = 0.001); total score of balance (p {\ensuremath{<}} 0.001); total test score (p {\ensuremath{<}} 0.001)) and in
the interaction between both factors (i.e., total score of manual dexterity (p = 0.005); total score of
aiming and catching (p = 0.002); total score of balance (p {\ensuremath{<}} 0.001); total test score (p {\ensuremath{<}} 0.001)). Age and
quarter of birth produce a RAE in 4 and 5-year-old preschool children?s motor competence.},
        keywords = {Manual dexterity; Aiming and catching; Balance; Movement Assessment Battery for children-2 (MABC-2); Childhood; Preschool children.}
}