Abstract
Purpose: To validate the Movement-Specific Reinvestment Scale for Children (MSRS-C) in English-speaking children that assesses a child’s propensity to consciously monitor and control body movement (termed ‘movement reinvestment’).
Method: Three-hundred and forty children aged 7-13 years completed the MSRS-C alongside a measure of sustained attention.
Results: Results from the confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the MSRS-C possessed sound internal validity, fair convergent validity, acceptable internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Negligible gender differences and no association with age were found.
Conclusions: Future research can further ascertain the predictive validity of the MSRS-C. Understanding movement reinvestment in the child population has practical implications for practitioners responsible for teaching children motor skills and in children’s sustained engagement in sport and exercise.
Method: Three-hundred and forty children aged 7-13 years completed the MSRS-C alongside a measure of sustained attention.
Results: Results from the confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the MSRS-C possessed sound internal validity, fair convergent validity, acceptable internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Negligible gender differences and no association with age were found.
Conclusions: Future research can further ascertain the predictive validity of the MSRS-C. Understanding movement reinvestment in the child population has practical implications for practitioners responsible for teaching children motor skills and in children’s sustained engagement in sport and exercise.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 9-16 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | European Journal of Sports and Exercise Science |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- attention
- movement reinvestment
- children
- confirmatory factor analysis
- structural equation modelling