ABSTRACT

The objective was to assess the psychometric properties of a French-Canadian version of the third edition of the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD-3). Participants were 127 French-speaking Canadian children. Results supported the validity-reliability of a bifactor exploratory structural equation modeling representation of the TGMD-3. Additionally, results supported a lack of differential item functioning as a function of age, body mass index (BMI), physical activity/sport practice (PA/SP), and sex. Finally, latent mean differences showed that: (a) older children score lower on specific skills and higher on the global motor skills factor than younger children; (b) children with a higher BMI score lower on locomotor skills than children with a lower BMI; (c) children with higher weekly frequency of PA/SP score higher on the global motor skills factor than children with a lower weekly frequency of PA/SP; and (d) boys score higher on ball skills and lower locomotor skills than girls.

摘要

目的是评估第三版粗大运动发育测试 (TGMD-3) 的法裔加拿大版本的心理测量特性。参与者是 127 名讲法语的加拿大儿童。结果支持 TGMD-3 的双因子探索性结构方程建模表示的有效性-可靠性。此外，结果支持缺乏作为年龄、体重指数 (BMI)、身体活动/运动实践 (PA/SP) 和性别的函数的差异项目。最后，潜在平均差异表明： (a) 与年幼儿童相比，年长儿童在特定技能方面得分较低，而在整体运动技能因素上得分较高；(b) BMI 较高的儿童的运动技能得分低于 BMI 较低的儿童；(c) PA/SP 每周频率较高的儿童在整体运动技能因素上的得分高于 PA/SP 每周频率较低的儿童；(d) 男孩在球技巧和运动技巧方面的得分比女孩高。