Children's and Adolescents' Actual Motor Competence, Perceived Physical Competence and Physical Activity: A Structural Equation Modelling Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Perceived physical competence (e.g. perceived motor skills, perceived athletic competence) is hypothesised to mediate the association between actual motor competence and physical activity in children, and this mediated association is expected to be stronger in older children and adolescents. However, no meta-analyses to date have synthesised the hypothesised mediation effect.

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to systematically identify and synthesise the existing literature on the hypothesised mediation model between actual motor competence, perceived physical competence and physical activity in children and adolescents using structural equation modelling meta-analysis.

Methods

Five electronic databases were searched from inception to December 2023 u

SUBMITTER: Bourke M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12460483 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature