Effects of an 8-Week Intervention Targeting the Veridicality of Actual and Perceived Motor Competence Among Irish Adolescents in Project FLAME
| Autor: | Till Utesch, Conor Philpott, Wesley O'Brien, Diarmuid Lester, Brian Donovan, Fiona C. Chambers, Sarahjane Belton |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Adolescent
media_common.quotation_subject Movement veridicality Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Intervention school-based intervention Physical education Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Irish Intervention (counseling) Perception Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Intervention Duration Competence (human resources) Exercise fundamental movement skills media_common Schools Adolescent Youth Section II. Clinical 030229 sport sciences Sensory Systems language.human_language Veridicality physical education motor competence Motor Skills perceived motor competence language Female Psychology Sports |
| Zdroj: | Perceptual and Motor Skills |
| ISSN: | 1558-688X |
| Popis: | High levels of perceived motor competence and low levels of actual motor competence in youth populations have been reported world-wide. Both perceived and actual motor competence have been deemed independent correlates of health and physical activity (PA) behavior, and past research has indicated that their alignment may be linked to more consistent PA. Moreover, there is potential for a movement-based intervention to strengthen the alignment between perceived and actual motor competence, perhaps then guiding future health, PA, and community sport engagement globally. Thus, the objective of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of an 8-week movement-based intervention on increasing the alignment (i.e., veridicality) between PMC and AMC among Irish adolescent youth. We collected data on adolescents ( n = 324; females = 149; M age = 14.5, SD = 0.88 years) across six second-level schools in Ireland, including measurements of actual and perceived, motor competence at pre- and post-intervention. We observed low levels of actual in contrast to high levels of perceived motor competence. We found a small but significant veridical alignment between perceived and actual motor competence, but there was no intervention effect on alignment. Future research should prioritize a longer intervention duration that targets student learning and understanding in order to develop veridical perceptions in adolescents that might sustain their participation in PA. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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