Perceived sports competence mediates the relationship between childhood motor skill proficiency and adolescent physical activity and fitness: a longitudinal assessment

Table 1 Physical Activity Sample: Means, Standard Deviations, and Bivariate Correlations (N = 250)

Variable	Sample	M	SD	1	2	3	4
1. Childhood Locomotor Skill (possible range 0–15)
	Overall	8.18	3.05	_
	Male	7.66	3.20	_
	Female	8.65	2.83	_
2. Childhood Object Control Skill (possible range 0–15)
	Overall	9.54	3.20	0.22**	_
	Male	11.36	2.67	0.36**	_
	Female	7.88	2.71	0.38**	_
3. Adolescent Perceived Sports Competence (possible range 6–24)
	Overall	16.97	3.48	0.12	0.34**	_
	Male	17.91	3.21	0.06	0.17	_
	Female	16.11	3.51	0.26**	0.31**	_
4. Adolescent Time in Physical Activity (minutes per week)
	Overall	829.86	553.53	-0.08	0.28**	0.36**	_
	Male	988.9	601.42	-0.02	0.22*	0.25**	_
	Female	685.4	463.99	0.10	0.11	0.37**	_

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