Associations between skill perceptions and young children’s actual fundamental movement skills

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 591-603

  Liong, Grace H E ^a   Ridgers, Nicola D ^a   Barnett, Lisa M ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SELF EVALUATION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84928634387     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/10.25.PMS.120v18x2     Document Type: Article

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