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das Virgens Chagas, Daniel; Hesketh, Kylie; Downing, Katherine; Mohebbi, Mohammadreza; Barnett, Lisa M. – Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 2023
Background: Understanding how or whether sedentary behavior affects motor competence in young children is important considering that children spend a lot of time sedentary. The aim of this study was to examine whether sedentary behavior predicts motor competence in young children. Methods: A longitudinal study with a total of 372 children aged 3.5…
Descriptors: Young Children, Physical Activity Level, Child Behavior, Psychomotor Skills
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Hellinckx, Walter; And Others – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1994
Comparison of scores on the Child Behavior Checklist of 1,120 Flemish and 1,122 Dutch children, aged 6 to 12 years, found no differences between groups on total problem scores, higher scores for Dutch children on the Activities scale, and higher scores for Flemish children on the School scale. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Children, Competence
Newtson, Darren; And Others – 1980
Competence in action perception seems to be achieved very early in life. Because research has indicated that competent perceivers of action must be able to discriminate breakpoints in behavior, then recognition memory for breakpoints should be superior to that for nonbreakpoints at all ages where competence in action perception exists. Two studies…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Children, Cognitive Processes
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Hamilton, Elizabeth Burney; And Others – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1997
The social adjustment and academic performance of 15 children hospitalized for depression were compared to 14 children with schizophrenia and 20 normal children, ages 7 to 14. Analyses reveal an association between children's adaptive functioning and both diagnostic status and family transactional processes. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Children
Kurz, Ronald B.; And Others – 1980
Although sports are a part of the child's everyday experience, little is known about factors that relate to children's participation in sports, to their perceptions of self-competence in sports, and to the impression by others of the competence. Children (N=110) participating in a Pediatric Sports Medicine Project completed the psychological…
Descriptors: Athletics, Behavior Patterns, Children, Cognitive Ability