Association between parent-proxy-reported and child-self-reported perceptions of children’s motor competence and children’s performance-based motor skill abilities

Background When assessing motor skills, occupational therapists are encouraged to seek the perspectives of children and their parents to promote the delivery of client-centered care.Aim To investigate whether 9–12-year-old children’s views and their parents’ proxy views of the children’s motor skill...

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Main Authors: Alice Humble, Mon-Lin Yu, Ted Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/11038128.2023.2274883
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Summary:Background When assessing motor skills, occupational therapists are encouraged to seek the perspectives of children and their parents to promote the delivery of client-centered care.Aim To investigate whether 9–12-year-old children’s views and their parents’ proxy views of the children’s motor skill competence and their performance on a standardized, performance-based assessment are associated.Materials and methods Thirty 9–12-year-old children completed the Perceived Motor Competence Questionnaire in Childhood (PMC-C) and the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Movement Skill Competence – version 2 (PMSC-2), while their parents completed the Movement Assessment Battery for Children–2nd Edition Checklist (MABC-2 Checklist). Children’s objective motor skills were measured by the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency–2nd Edition (BOT-2). Spearman’s rho correlations were used to analyze the data.Results Significant associations were found between the BOT-2 total motor composite and the PMC-C. A significant association was found between the MABC-2 Checklist and the BOT-2 Strength and Agility composite, as well as the PMC-C total score.Significance and conclusions Occupational therapists are encouraged to include children and their parents in the therapeutic process to capture individual perspectives and deliver client-centered care.
ISSN:1103-8128
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