ABSTRACT

This study examined two subfactors of fundamental movement skills: locomotion skills and object-control skills. The direct and indirect effects of children’s temperament on fundamental movement skills and the mediating effects of autonomy and self-regulation were examined. Participants included 278 pairs of 3- to 5-year-old children and their mothers from 4 day care centres. High levels of emotionality and sociability were positively associated with a high level of children’s autonomy, self-regulation and fundamental movement skills. There was a mediating effect of children’s autonomy and self-regulation on the effect of temperament on locomotion skills, but there was no mediating effect on object-control skills. The results provide empirical evidence of holistic development by confirming that temperament is a variable that affects gross motor development and that children’s psychological development is related to motor development.

摘要

这项研究检查了基本运动技能的两个子因素：运动技能和物体控制技能。研究了儿童气质对基本运动技能的直接和间接影响以及自主和自我调节的中介作用。参与者包括来自 4 个日托中心的 278 对 3 至 5 岁儿童及其母亲。高水平的情感和社交能力与高水平的儿童自主性、自我调节和基本运动技能呈正相关。儿童自主性和自我调节对气质对运动技能的影响存在中介作用，但对客体控制技能没有中介作用。