The relationship between motor skills, perceived self ‐competence, peer problems and internalizing problems in a community sample of children

This study highlights potentially important targets for psychomotor interventions for this age group. Highlights The Environmental Stress Hypothesis suggests that motor skills may have an indirect effect on internalizing problems via factors such as peer problems and perceived self-competence. A community sample of 164 children aged 7–12 years provided measures of motor skills and psychosocial functioning. Motor skills had an indirect effect on internalizing problems via perceived scholastic competence and peer problems. This relationship was not moderated by gender.

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Source: Infant and Child Development - September 1, 2017 Category: Child Development Authors: Vincent Mancini, Daniela Rigoli, Lynne Roberts, Brody Heritage, Jan Piek Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research