eprintid: 35 rev_number: 17 eprint_status: archive userid: 2 importid: 0 dir: disk0/00/00/00/35 datestamp: 2021-05-31 14:17:09 lastmod: 2023-07-07 23:30:11 status_changed: 2021-05-31 14:17:09 type: article succeeds: 0 commentary: 0 metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 sword_depositor: 0 creators_name: Navarro-Patón, Rubén creators_name: Mecías-Calvo, Marcos creators_name: Rodríguez Fernández, José Eugenio creators_name: Arufe-Giráldez, Víctor creators_id: creators_id: marcos.mecias@uneatlantico.es creators_id: creators_id: title: Relative Age Effect on Motor Competence in Children Aged 4–5 Years ispublished: pub subjects: uneat_dp divisions: uneatlantico_produccion_cientifica full_text_status: public keywords: Manual dexterity; Aiming and catching; Balance; Movement Assessment Battery for children-2 (MABC-2); Childhood; Preschool children. 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 (p < 0.001) and in the total test score (p < 0.001), in the quarter of birth factor in all the dimensions studied (i.e., total score of manual dexterity (p < 0.001); total score of aiming and catching (p = 0.001); total score of balance (p < 0.001); total test score (p < 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 < 0.001); total test score (p < 0.001)). Age and quarter of birth produce a RAE in 4 and 5-year-old preschool children’s motor competence. date: 2021-02 date_type: published publication: Children volume: 8 pagerange: 115 pages: 0 id_number: doi:10.3390/children8020115 refereed: TRUE issn: 2227-9067 official_url: http://doi.org/10.3390/children8020115 num_pieces: 0 gscholar_impact: 0 gscholar_datestamp: 0000-00-00 00:00:00 access: open language: en citation: Artículo Materias > Educación física y el deporte Universidad Europea del Atlántico > Investigación > Producción Científica Abierto Inglés 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 (p < 0.001) and in the total test score (p < 0.001), in the quarter of birth factor in all the dimensions studied (i.e., total score of manual dexterity (p < 0.001); total score of aiming and catching (p = 0.001); total score of balance (p < 0.001); total test score (p < 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 < 0.001); total test score (p < 0.001)). Age and quarter of birth produce a RAE in 4 and 5-year-old preschool children’s motor competence. metadata Navarro-Patón, Rubén; Mecías-Calvo, Marcos; Rodríguez Fernández, José Eugenio y Arufe-Giráldez, Víctor mail SIN ESPECIFICAR, marcos.mecias@uneatlantico.es, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR (2021) Relative Age Effect on Motor Competence in Children Aged 4–5 Years. Children, 8. p. 115. ISSN 2227-9067 document_url: http://repositorio.uneatlantico.es/id/eprint/35/1/children-08-00115.pdf