Abstract

The main objective of this study was to examine the existence of Relative Age Effect (RAE) and analyze the effect of gender on Fundamental Motor Skills (FMS) of preschool children aged 4–5 years old. A total of 298 healthy preschool childrenwere evaluated. The Test of Gross Motor Development-2 (TGMD-2) was used to evaluate preschoolers’ FMS. The data showed the main effects on the semester of birth factor in locomotor skills (LM) and total test score (TTS) (p < 0.05), but not in object control skills (OC; p > 0.05). There were also significant main effects on the gender factor in LM and TTS (p < 0.05), but not in OC (p > 0.05). RAE is present in FMS in preschool children, with those born in the first semester outperforming those born in the second semester in LM and TTS. With respect to gender, the scores obtained by girls are higher in LM and TTS.

摘要

本研究的主要目的是检验相对年龄效应 (RAE) 的存在，并分析性别对 4-5 岁学龄前儿童基本运动技能 (FMS) 的影响。共有 298 名健康学龄前儿童接受了评估。Gross Motor Development-2 (TGMD-2) 测试用于评估学龄前儿童的 FMS。数据显示运动技能 (LM) 和总测试分数 (TTS) 对出生因素学期的主要影响 ( p  < 0.05)，但对对象控制技能没有影响 (OC; p  > 0.05)。LM 和 TTS 中的性别因素也有显着的主效应 ( p  < 0.05)，但 OC 中没有 ( p > 0.05)。RAE 存在于学龄前儿童的 FMS 中，第一学期出生的孩子在 LM 和 TTS 中的表现优于第二学期出生的孩子。就性别而言，女生在 LM 和 TTS 中获得的分数更高。