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Motor Competence and its Effect on Positive Developmental Trajectories of Health

Overview of attention for article published in Sports Medicine, July 2015
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Title
Motor Competence and its Effect on Positive Developmental Trajectories of Health
Published in
Sports Medicine, July 2015
DOI 10.1007/s40279-015-0351-6
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Leah E. Robinson, David F. Stodden, Lisa M. Barnett, Vitor P. Lopes, Samuel W. Logan, Luis Paulo Rodrigues, Eva D’Hondt

Abstract

In 2008, Stodden and colleagues took a unique developmental approach toward addressing the potential role of motor competence in promoting positive or negative trajectories of physical activity, health-related fitness, and weight status. The conceptual model proposed synergistic relationships among physical activity, motor competence, perceived motor competence, health-related physical fitness, and obesity with associations hypothesized to strengthen over time. At the time the model was proposed, limited evidence was available to support or refute the model hypotheses. Over the past 6 years, the number of investigations exploring these relationships has increased significantly. Thus, it is an appropriate time to examine published data that directly or indirectly relate to specific pathways noted in the conceptual model. Evidence indicates that motor competence is positively associated with perceived competence and multiple aspects of health (i.e., physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and a healthy weight status). However, questions related to the increased strength of associations across time and antecedent/consequent mechanisms remain. An individual's physical and psychological development is a complex and multifaceted process that synergistically evolves across time. Understanding the most salient factors that influence health and well-being and how relationships among these factors change across time is a critical need for future research in this area. This knowledge could aid in addressing the declining levels of physical activity and fitness along with the increasing rates of obesity across childhood and adolescence.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Portugal 1 <1%
Belgium 1 <1%
Qatar 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 818 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 112 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 89 11%
Student > Bachelor 81 10%
Researcher 58 7%
Lecturer 45 5%
Other 170 21%
Unknown 267 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Sports and Recreations 300 36%
Social Sciences 45 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 44 5%
Medicine and Dentistry 40 5%
Psychology 38 5%
Other 63 8%
Unknown 292 36%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 31. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 January 2020.
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#1,325,865
of 26,047,917 outputs
Outputs from Sports Medicine
#1,091
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Outputs of similar age
#16,002
of 276,476 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Sports Medicine
#16
of 34 outputs
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