Associations between Biological Maturation, Chronological Age, Body Mass Index, Sex, and Motor Competence in Prepubertal Children: A Network Analysis
The findings suggest that age, rather than biological maturation, is positively associated with MC in 7- to 9-year-olds. Centrality measures showed that some skills may influence other skills.
Authors
- Sedigheh Salami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5580-8478)
- Louise L. Hardy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8656-6758)
- Clarice Martins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4947-9329)
- Michael Joseph Duncan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2016-6580)
- Parvaneh Shamsipour Dehkordi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7750-5734)
- Paulo Felipe Ribeiro Bandeira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8260-0189)
- Leonardo Gomes de Oliveira Luz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1436-1125)
- Maryam Rahymian Mashhadi
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Universidade Federal da Paraíba (BR)
- Universidade do Porto (PT)
- Universidade Regional do Cariri (BR)
- Alzahra University (IR)
- Coventry University (GB)
- University of Coimbra (PT)
- Universidade Federal de Alagoas (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Children
- Published
- 2024-09-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/children11091143
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.74