Gross motor skills trajectory variation between WEIRD and LMIC countries: A cross-cultural study

Valentini, Nádia Cristina; Nobre, Glauber Carvalho; Duarte, Marcelo Gonçalves

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“…Aligned with our results, a previous study found that the prevalence of delays and borderline impaired motor performance was high among Brazilian children (Valentini et al, 2022). Furthermore, the high prevalence of young people with low levels of motor competence has been reported in previous studies from different regions, including WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrial, Rich and Democratic) countries, such as the United States (Goodway et al, 2010), Ireland (Philpott et al, 2023) and Australia (Hardy et al, 2013).…”

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Associations between motor competence and the risk of obesity in Brazilian adolescents

Das Virgens Chagas,

Joia da Silva,

Marinho

et al. 2024

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Purpose: To assess whether motor competence is associated with the risk of obesity in adolescents. Methods: The sample consisted of 296 adolescents (56.1% girls) aged 12 to 15 years recruited from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Motor competence was assessed using the Körperkoordinationtest fur kinder (KTK). Body mass index (BMI) measures were used to classify the participants’ weight status. Physical activity was determined through a validated self-administered questionnaire. Multinomial and binary logistic regression models, adjusted for potential confounders (i.e. age, sex and physical activity), were executed to examine the association between motor competence and risk of obesity. Results: Almost half of participants (48%) presented low motor competence. Among adolescents with obesity, 92.9% showed low motor competence. In addition, low motor competence was associated with a higher risk to be overweight (OR: 2.940, p=.006) and obese (OR: 18.366, p<.001), even after adjusting for potential confounders. Conversely, adolescents with adequate motor competence were less likely to be overweight (OR: .340, p = .006) and obese (OR: .054, p<.001). Conclusion: Having low motor competence can be a risk factor for obesity, while adequate motor competence was a protective factor against this disease. Pediatric obesity is multifactorial, including environmental aspects, yet this study showed that motor competence seems to be important to maintaining a healthy weight status in youth. Keywords: motor development; weight status; overweight; physical activity; children.

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Associations between motor competence and the risk of obesity in Brazilian adolescents

Das Virgens Chagas,

Joia da Silva,

Marinho

et al. 2024

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“…For example, recent work by Yilmaz and Alper (2023), found that the relationship between analytical, cognitive thinking and the degree to which an individual tends to hold socially, conservative views only exists within WEIRD societies. Similarly, Valentini et al (2022) found difference in gross motor trajectories amongst Brazilian children when compared to children living in WEIRD countries. Furthermore, the results of the study argued that differences appeared to have been determined by cultural attitudes to risk, child vulnerability and a predisposition to overall impairments in children, therefore challenging claims made by international guidelines for developing motor skills in children.…”

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Previous studies in Psychology have been traditionally based on data collected in WEIRD countries; that is nations that are Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (Henrich, Heine & Norenzayan (2010a, 2010b). Hence, many of the beliefs we hold about human behaviours may in fact be describing truths that apply to a very small sample of the worlds' population namely those who live in WEIRD countries (see also Rad, Martingano & Ginges, 2018). This is due to the fact that a wide range of cultural individualities exist that create culturally and psychologically relevant differences. Hence, cultural psychology argues that cultural differences produce psychological differences, and the values, attitudes and meanings that individual cultures experience as the norm, are in fact created and enforced by the structures (e.g. legal and political) and behaviours developed by, and through, that cultural context (Pitesa & Gelfand, 2023). The study aimed to explore the extent to which the cultural ideologies that are dominant within a WEIRD nation can impact on the beliefs and practices of teachers in a music classroom. To this end, interviews were carried out with 12 music teachers; six in Japan and six in England. The two countries were selected as being appropriate representations of an 'individualist' and a 'collectivist' culture (Triandis, 1995). The interview schedule sought to better understand the views of teachers around the idea of 'creativity', and how these ideas impacted on the process of assessing children's creative products. The data suggested that teachers' basic beliefs about creativity clearly reflected their cultural contexts, with the Japanese teachers valuing a more adaptive, and EEIRD approach to creativity whilst English teachers tended to prefer a more innovative and WEIRD form of creativity. The study also found that even within EIRD populations, a Kagari SHIBAZAKI & Nigel A. MARSHALL 8 wide range of cultural contexts do exist that can create significant psychologically relevant differences.

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“…Also, studies using the first edition of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children with norm tables based on American normative samples, showed that cultural differences in performance on the test items existed and that for use in non-American children, the norms needed small adjustments (Niemeijer, van Waelvelde, & Smits-Engelsman, 2015;Engel-Yeger, Rosenblum & Josman, 2010;Pienaar, 2004). Also other studies revealed cross-country or cross-cultural differences between populations of children regarding their motor skills (Valentini, Nobre & Gonçalves Duarte, 2022;Bardid et al, 2016;Veldman, Jones, Santos, Sousa-Sá, & Okely, 2018).…”

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A Cross-Country Validation Between Kosovo and the Netherlands of the Dutch Perceptual-Motor Skills Assessment for Talent Detection in Table Tennis

Abazi,

Berisha,

Faber

2023

Teor. metod. fiz. vihov.

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Background. This study focused on the cross-country validation of the Dutch perceptual-motor skills assessment used for talent detection in table tennis which also could be the basis to create country-specific norm values in young children (aged 7 to 9). Materials and methods. In total, data from 172 children from Kosovo and 219 children from the Netherlands were compared. The data consisted of the outcomes of seven items of the Dutch perceptual-motor skills assessment evaluating gross motor function (i.e., sprint and vertical jump) and ball control (i.e., throwing a ball, speed while dribbling, aiming at target, ball skills and eye-hand coordination). A multivariate GLM analysis revealed significant differences between the two countries with large effect sizes regarding both constructs. Preliminary normative values are presented per country. Results. The results show that perceptual-motor skills can vary between children of the same age and sex between European countries. For that reason, it seems sensible to further investigate the necessity of establishing norm values per country and also the underlying mechanisms that might reveal why and how cross-country differences arise. Conclusions. Moreover, it might make sense to study an international sample of recreational and high performance youth and adult players to create a benchmark for talent detection and talent identification in table tennis. This will likely gain more insight into what the key aspects are to participate in table tennis and what is necessary for the elite level.

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Gross motor skills trajectory variation between WEIRD and LMIC countries: A cross-cultural study

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