A longitudinal examination of the contribution of perceived motor competence and actual motor competence to physical activity in 6 to 9 year old children

摘要: i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iii LIST OF TABLES viii FIGURES ix CHAPTER 1: THE PROBLEM 1 Background and Context Purpose of the Study 5 Significance Major Research Question 6 Hypotheses Delimitations 7 Limitations Definition Terms 8 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 10 Developmental Theory Neural maturation perspective 11 Information processing 12 Ecological psychology 13 Constraints model 14 Dynamic systems 15 Physical Activity in Children Youth 17 Gender differences physical activity 19 Determinants 21 Conceptual Framework 22 Promotion (Welk, 1999) Mechanisms influencing Trajectories (Stodden et al., 2008) 24 for Present 26 Perceived Motor Competence 28 Relationship between perceived motor competence 30 Actual 31