Factorial validity of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children—2nd Edition (MABC-2) in 7-16-year-olds

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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0031512517729951" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0031512517729951</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0031512517729951" target="_blank" >10.1177/0031512517729951</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Factorial validity of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children—2nd Edition (MABC-2) in 7-16-year-olds
Original language description
The Movement Assessment Battery for Children—2nd Edition (MABC-2) is a test of motor development, widely used in clinical and research settings. To address which motor abilities are actually captured by the motor tasks in the two age versions of the MABC-2, the AB2 for 7- 10-year-olds and the AB3 for 11- 16-year-olds, we examined AB2 and AB3 factorial validity. We conducted confirmatory factor analysis (SPSS AMOS 22.0) on data from the test’s standardization samples of children aged 7–10, n = 483, and 11–16, n = 674, in order to find the best fitting models. The covariance matrix of AB2 and AB3 fit a three-factor model that included tasks of manual dexterity, aiming and catching, and balance. However, factor analytic models fitting AB2 and AB3 did not involve the dynamic balance tasks of hopping with the better leg and hopping with the other leg; and the drawing trail showed very low factor validity. In sum, both AB2 and AB3 of the MABC-2 test are able to discriminate between the three specific motor abilities; but due to questionable psychometric quality, the drawing trail and hopping tasks should be modified to improve the construct validity for both age versions of the MABC-2.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project
<a href="/en/project/GA16-17945S" target="_blank" >GA16-17945S: Mechanisms of motor skill learning in the children with impaired motor coordination</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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