The Effects of Age and Gender on Balance Skills in Preschool Children
Year: 2011
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of age and gender on balance skills in preschool children. For that purpose, the balance subtest of the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (Bruininks, 1978) was administered to 283 children, 4½ - 6 years old (M=61.77 months, SD= 5.43). For the data analysis, both an ANOVA and a MANOVA were applied on the total subtest score and the eight item scores, respectively. Age was found to have a significant effect on both the subtest (F2,277 = 32.77, p< .001, η2= .19) and item scores (min. F2,277= 17.78, p< .001, min. η2= .11). Significant gender differences were found in the subtest score (F1,277= 14.70, p< .001, η2= .05) and on six of the items (min. F2,277= 4.35, p<.038, min. η2= .01). However, the low values of the η2 associated with gender indicated that those differences were not of great significance. .
Authors: Fotini Venetsanou, Antonis Kambas
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2290981683