Children's motor creativity and the relation with perceived competence and intrinsic motivation.

Bijman, M. (Marlies) (2013) Children's motor creativity and the relation with perceived competence and intrinsic motivation. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.

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Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate a possible relationship between motor creativity and perceived competence in children aged 8-11 years old. The second aim was whether children's intrinsic motivation plays an important role between the concepts of motor creativity and general and task specific perceived competence. Effects of class and gender were taken into account. Method: Children from one elementary school in The Netherlands (n=38, mean age 9.4 ± 0.9 years) participated in this study. The Divergent Movement Ability (DMA) was used to measure children's motor creativity. The Dutch version of Harter's {1982) scale of perceived competence was used to measure children's general perceived competence. The Intrinsic Motivation Inventory was used to measure task specific perceived competence and intrinsic motivation. Results: A significant effect was found for class on motor creativity. Indicating that children in class 6 scored higher on totaiDMA and fluencyDMA than children in class 5. For general and task specific perceived competence no effects were found. An interaction effect of class x gender x motor creativity on intrinsic motivation showed that girls in class 6 who scored high on motor creativity also scored high on the intrinsic motivation scale. Conclusion: Children who are more fluent and flexible in solving motor problems develop their fundamental movement skills more easily due to a more developed divergent movement ability. The challenges and chances for development of motor skills powered by one's intrinsic motivation is a powerful motive for voluntary participation of children and their cognitive activation

Item Type:	Thesis (Thesis)
Supervisor name:	Supervisor: and Smith, Dr. J. and Location: University of Groningen, Centre for Human Movement
Faculty:	Medical Sciences
Date Deposited:	25 Jun 2020 11:02
Last Modified:	25 Jun 2020 11:02
URI:	https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2246

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