Children's self-perceived bodily competencies and associations with motor skills, body mass index, teachers' evaluations, and parents' concerns

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1369-1375

  Toftegaard Stoeckel, Jan ^a   Groenfeldt, Vivian ^b   Andersen, Lars Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Department of Health and Rehabilitation   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Children; Physical competencies; Physical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARENT; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SELF CONCEPT; UNIVERSITY;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 77957953016     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2010.510845     Document Type: Article

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