TY - JOUR
T1 - Applicability of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition (MABC-2) for Japanese children aged 3-6 years
T2 - A preliminary investigation emphasizing internal consistency and factorial validity
AU - Hirata, Shogo
AU - Kita, Yosuke
AU - Yasunaga, Masanori
AU - Suzuki, Kota
AU - Okumura, Yasuko
AU - Okuzumi, Hideyuki
AU - Hosobuchi, Tomio
AU - Kokubun, Mitsuru
AU - Inagaki, Masumi
AU - Nakai, Akio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Hirata, Kita, Yasunaga, Suzuki, Okumura, Okuzumi, Hosobuchi, Kokubun, Inagaki and Nakai.
PY - 2018/8/31
Y1 - 2018/8/31
N2 - This study investigated the applicability of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children - Second Edition (MABC-2) for 3- to 6-year-old Japanese children, particularly addressing its internal consistency and factorial validity. The MABC-2 test set for 3- to 6-year-old children was administered to 252 children. Differences between Japanese children and those of the original normative sample (i.e. United Kingdom children) were investigated along with sex differences. The Japanese children aged 3-6 years were found to have higher Manual Dexterity and Balance component scores than children of the normative sample. Girls scored higher than boys on the Balance component. Results of several analyses showed good internal consistency of the MABC-2. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that a theoretical three-component model of the MABC-2 was not fitted to Japanese children aged 3-6 years. Instead, a new three-component model was postulated and discussed. The new three-component model of the MABC-2, with Manual Dexterity, Static Balance and Ball Skills, and Dynamic Balance, has high factorial validity in Japanese children aged 3-6 years.
AB - This study investigated the applicability of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children - Second Edition (MABC-2) for 3- to 6-year-old Japanese children, particularly addressing its internal consistency and factorial validity. The MABC-2 test set for 3- to 6-year-old children was administered to 252 children. Differences between Japanese children and those of the original normative sample (i.e. United Kingdom children) were investigated along with sex differences. The Japanese children aged 3-6 years were found to have higher Manual Dexterity and Balance component scores than children of the normative sample. Girls scored higher than boys on the Balance component. Results of several analyses showed good internal consistency of the MABC-2. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that a theoretical three-component model of the MABC-2 was not fitted to Japanese children aged 3-6 years. Instead, a new three-component model was postulated and discussed. The new three-component model of the MABC-2, with Manual Dexterity, Static Balance and Ball Skills, and Dynamic Balance, has high factorial validity in Japanese children aged 3-6 years.
KW - Developmental coordination disorder
KW - Factorial validity
KW - Japanese children
KW - Motor development
KW - Movement Assessment Battery for Children - Second Edition (MABC-2)
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U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01452
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01452
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85052827880
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 9
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
IS - AUG
M1 - 1452
ER -