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A Mediation Analysis of the Association between Fundamental Motor Skills and Physical Activity during Middle Childhood
The purposes of the study were: (1) to investigate the associations between fundamental motor skills (FMS), health-related fitness (HRF) and physical activity (PA) during middle childhood; and (2) to examine whether HRF serves as a mediator in these pathways. The participants were 342 children (156...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7909402/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33498373 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8020064 |
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author | Gu, Xiangli Tamplain, Priscila M. Chen, Weiyun Zhang, Tao Keller, M. Jean Wang, Jing |
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description | The purposes of the study were: (1) to investigate the associations between fundamental motor skills (FMS), health-related fitness (HRF) and physical activity (PA) during middle childhood; and (2) to examine whether HRF serves as a mediator in these pathways. The participants were 342 children (156 girls; Mage = 8.40, SD = 0.50) recruited in Texas. Children’s FMS (locomotor and ball skills) were assessed. School-based PA that included light, moderate, and vigorous PA was captured by accelerometers. The FITNESSGRAM battery was used to measure children’s HRF, including body composition, cardiorespiratory fitness, and muscular fitness. Structural equation models were used to evaluate two proposed models (model-1 = FMS»HRF»PA; model-2 = PA»HRF»FMS). Both locomotor and ball skills were associated with all components of HRF (p < 0.01), but not PA. The SEM analyses supported associations between FMS, HRF and PA, with sound goodness-of-fit indices: (1) model-1: CFI = 0.95; RMSEA = 0.072; and (2) model-2: CFI = 0.95; RMSEA = 0.071, respectively. The relationship between FMS and PA was fully mediated by the HRF in both directions. The behavioral mechanism (e.g., maintaining appropriate levels of HRF) provides meaningful insights to understand the obesity trajectory during middle childhood. |
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spelling | pubmed-79094022021-02-27 A Mediation Analysis of the Association between Fundamental Motor Skills and Physical Activity during Middle Childhood Gu, Xiangli Tamplain, Priscila M. Chen, Weiyun Zhang, Tao Keller, M. Jean Wang, Jing Children (Basel) Article The purposes of the study were: (1) to investigate the associations between fundamental motor skills (FMS), health-related fitness (HRF) and physical activity (PA) during middle childhood; and (2) to examine whether HRF serves as a mediator in these pathways. The participants were 342 children (156 girls; Mage = 8.40, SD = 0.50) recruited in Texas. Children’s FMS (locomotor and ball skills) were assessed. School-based PA that included light, moderate, and vigorous PA was captured by accelerometers. The FITNESSGRAM battery was used to measure children’s HRF, including body composition, cardiorespiratory fitness, and muscular fitness. Structural equation models were used to evaluate two proposed models (model-1 = FMS»HRF»PA; model-2 = PA»HRF»FMS). Both locomotor and ball skills were associated with all components of HRF (p < 0.01), but not PA. The SEM analyses supported associations between FMS, HRF and PA, with sound goodness-of-fit indices: (1) model-1: CFI = 0.95; RMSEA = 0.072; and (2) model-2: CFI = 0.95; RMSEA = 0.071, respectively. The relationship between FMS and PA was fully mediated by the HRF in both directions. The behavioral mechanism (e.g., maintaining appropriate levels of HRF) provides meaningful insights to understand the obesity trajectory during middle childhood. MDPI 2021-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7909402/ /pubmed/33498373 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8020064 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Gu, Xiangli Tamplain, Priscila M. Chen, Weiyun Zhang, Tao Keller, M. Jean Wang, Jing A Mediation Analysis of the Association between Fundamental Motor Skills and Physical Activity during Middle Childhood |
title | A Mediation Analysis of the Association between Fundamental Motor Skills and Physical Activity during Middle Childhood |
title_full | A Mediation Analysis of the Association between Fundamental Motor Skills and Physical Activity during Middle Childhood |
title_fullStr | A Mediation Analysis of the Association between Fundamental Motor Skills and Physical Activity during Middle Childhood |
title_full_unstemmed | A Mediation Analysis of the Association between Fundamental Motor Skills and Physical Activity during Middle Childhood |
title_short | A Mediation Analysis of the Association between Fundamental Motor Skills and Physical Activity during Middle Childhood |
title_sort | mediation analysis of the association between fundamental motor skills and physical activity during middle childhood |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7909402/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33498373 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8020064 |
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