Amanda L Teichman, David O Walls, Rachel L Choron, Diana Starace, Allison S Mosier, Matthew Lissauer, Rajan Gupta
Improving elementary students' knowledge and behavior to prevent traumatic injury: the impact of a behavioral skills training model delivered by aspirational role models
European journal of pediatrics
bidirectional associations among childrens motor skill competence msc perceived competence pc physical activity pa cardiorespiratory fitness crf time remain unanswered study aimed discerning bidirectional relationships among elementary school childrens msc pc pa crf course one school year total 261 second third grade children 127 boys 134 girls meanage 827 years bmi 1822 371 recruited two texas elementary schools approximately 7356 participants white american childrens baseline data assessed septemberoctober 2012 time1 identical assessments conducted aprilmay 2013 time2 msc assessed using productoriented skill tests eg throw kick jump pc assessed via pictorial scale perceived competence children minutes spent moderatetovigorous pa mvpa assessed using actigraph gt3x accelerometers five days crf assessed pacer test six age body mass indexadjusted crosslagged panel models used test relationships variables observed t1 msc significantly predicted t2 msc 059 p 001 t2 crf 028 p 001 t2 mvpa 018 p 001 childrens crf positive predictor t2 crf 056 p 001 t2 msc 013 p 005 additionally t1 mvpa significantly predicted t2 mvpa 030 p 001 t2 pc 014 p 005 findings suggested fully bidirectional relationship elementary childrens msc crf bidirectional relationships among variables partially supported educators health professionals need emphasize importance developing msc crf maintain physical health time