School of Education, Sports Studies and Physical Education Programme, University College Cork, T12 KX72 Cork, Ireland.
School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, D09 Y5N0 Dublin 9, Ireland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Sep 1;17(17):6361. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17176361.
Irish adolescents have been found to possess high perceptions of motor competence. However, there is an evidential value to investigating the strength of the relationship between adolescent perceptions of motor competence and their low levels of actual motor competence. The purpose of this research was to gather data on the fundamental, functional, and perceived motor competence in adolescents, differentiated by year group, to discern if participants could assess their perceptions of ability. Data were collected on adolescents ( = 373; mean age: 14.38 ± 0.87 years; 47.7% female) across six second-level schools in Ireland, including measurements of fundamental movement skills, functional movement, and perceived motor competence. Poor levels of fundamental and functional movement were observed, with significant differences between year groups detected. Participants in 1st year scored the highest in overall fundamental movement skills; however, for overall functional movement, 3rd-year participants scored highest. High levels of perceived motor competence were reported across the entire sample. These scores did not align with actual motor competence, nor did any alignment between these measurements improve with aging, countering theorized age-related associations. Future research should target low levels of actual motor competence while emphasizing the cognitive aspects of movement to ensure greater accuracy between actual and perceived motor competence.
爱尔兰青少年被发现具有较高的运动能力感知。然而，调查青少年对运动能力的感知与其实际运动能力之间的关系强度具有重要的证据价值。本研究的目的是收集青少年基本运动技能、功能性运动和感知运动能力的数据，按年级进行区分，以确定参与者是否能够评估自己的能力感知。在爱尔兰的六所中学收集了青少年的数据（n=373；平均年龄：14.38±0.87 岁；47.7%为女性），包括基本运动技能、功能性运动和感知运动能力的测量。观察到基本和功能性运动能力较差，不同年级之间存在显著差异。一年级学生的基本运动技能总体得分最高；然而，在功能性运动方面，三年级学生得分最高。整个样本报告了高水平的感知运动能力。这些分数与实际运动能力不一致，这些测量之间也没有任何一致性随着年龄的增长而提高，这与理论上的年龄相关关联相矛盾。未来的研究应该针对实际运动能力较低的问题，并强调运动的认知方面，以确保实际运动能力和感知运动能力之间有更大的准确性。
