PMSC Validation/Reliability Studies
*Publications are ordered from earliest publication to most recent
English
Children from Australia: Barnett, L. M., Ridgers, N. D., Zask, A., & Salmon, J. (2015). Face validity and reliability of a pictorial instrument for assessing fundamental movement skill perceived competence in young children. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 18(1), 98-102. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2013.12.004
Children from Australia and America: Barnett, L. M., Robinson, L. E., Webster, E. K., & Ridgers, N. D. (2015). Reliability of the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Movement Skill Competence in 2 Diverse Samples of Young Children. Journal Physical Activity and Health, 12(8), 1045-1051. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2014-0141
Children from Australia: Barnett, L. M., Vazou, S., Abbott, G., Bowe, S. J., Robinson, L. E., Ridgers, N. D., et al. (2016). Construct validity of the pictorial scale of Perceived Movement Skill Competence. [Article]. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 22, 294-302. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2015.09.002
Children from Australia: Johnson, T. M., Ridgers, N. D., Hulteen, R. M., Mellecker, R. R., & Barnett, L. M. (2016). “Does playing a sports active video game improve young children's ball skill competence?” Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 19(5), 432-436. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2015.05.002
Children from Australia: Barnett, L.M.; Ridgers, N.D.; Hesketh, K.; Salmon, J. Setting them up for lifetime activity: Play competence perceptions and physical activity in young children. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 2017, 20, 856-860, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2017.03.003.
Preschool children from Australia: Moulton, J.M.; Cole, C.; Ridgers, N.D.; Pepin, G.; Barnett, L.M. Measuring movement skill perceptions in preschool children: A face validity and reliability study. Australian Occupation Therapy Journal 2018, 10.1111/1440-1630.12485, doi:10.1111/1440-1630.12485.
Children from Australia: Barnett, L.M.; Makin, O. An App to Assess Young Children’s Perceptions of Movement Competence. Journal of Motor Learning and Development 2018, 6, S252-S263, doi:10.1123/jmld.2017-0039.
Children from England: Duncan, M. J., Jones, V., O’Brien, W., Barnett, L. M., & Eyre, E. L. (2018). Self-perceived and actual motor competence in young British children. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 125(2), 251-264.
Children from Australia and Germany: van Veen, C.; Schott, N.; Lander, N.; Tietjens, M.; Hinkley, T.; Dreiskämper, D.; Holfelder, B.; Utesch, T.; Barnett, L.M. The Stability of Perceived Motor Competence of Primary School Children from Two Countries over One Year. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science 2019, 1-7.
Portuguese
Children from Portugal: Lopes, V. P., Barnett, L. M., Saraiva, L., Goncalves, C., Bowe, S. J., Abbott, G., et al. (2016). Validity and reliability of a pictorial instrument for assessing perceived motor competence in Portuguese children. Child Care Health Development, 42(5), 666-674. doi: 10.1111/cch.12359
Children from Brazil: Valentini, N., Barnett, L., Bandeira, P. F., Nobre, G. C., Zanell, L. W., & Sartori, R. F. (2017). The Pictorial Scale of Perceived Movement Skill Competence: Determining Content and Construct Validity for Brazilian Children. Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 1-26. doi: 10.1123/jmld.2016-0043
Chinese
Children from China: Diao, Y.; Dong, C.; Barnett, L.M.; Estevan, I.; Li, J.; Ji, L. Validity and Reliability of a Pictorial Instrument for Assessing Fundamental Movement Skill Perceived Competence in Chinese Children. Journal of Motor Learning and Development 2017, 6, S223-S238, doi:10.1123/jmld.2016-0082.
Spanish
Children from Spain: Estevan, I.; Molina-García, J.; Abbott, G.; Bowe, S.J.; Castillo, I.; Barnett, L.M. Evidence of Reliability and Validity for the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Movement Skill Competence in Spanish Children. Journal of Motor Learning and Development 2018, 6, S205-S222, doi:10.1123/jmld.2016-0065.
Children from Spain: Estevan, I., Molina-García, J., Queralt, A., Bowe, S. J., Abbott, G., & Barnett, L. M. (2018). The new version of the pictorial scale of Perceived Movement Skill Competence in Spanish children: Evidence of validity and reliability.[La nueva versión de la escala pictográfica de Percepción de Competencia de Habilidades Motrices in niños y niñas españoles: Evidencias de validez y fiabilidad]. RICYDE. Revista Internacional de Ciencias del Deporte. doi: 10.5232/ricyde, 15(55), 35-54.
Greek
Children from Greece: Venetsanou, F.; Kossyva, I.; Valentini, N.; Afthentopoulou, A.-E.; Barnett, L.M. Validity and Reliability of the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Movement Skill Competence for Young Greek Children. Journal of Motor Learning and Development 2018, 10.1123/jmld.2017-0028, 1-22, doi:10.1123/jmld.2017-0028.
Finnish
Children from Finland: Niemistö, D., Barnett, L. M., Cantell, M., Finni, T., Korhonen, E., & Sääkslahti, A. (2019). Socioecological correlates of perceived motor competence in 5‐to 7‐year‐old Finnish children. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 29(5), 753-765.
Children from Finland: Niemistö, D., Barnett, L. M., Cantell, M., Finni, T., Korhonen, E., & Sääkslahti, A. (2022). What factors relate to three profiles of perception of motor competence in young children?. Journal of Sports Sciences, 40(2), 215-225.
Children in Finland: Niemistö, D., Barnett, L. M., Laukkanen, A., Tolvanen, A., & Sääkslahti, A. (2023). Perceived motor competence in early childhood predicts perceived and actual motor competence in middle childhood. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 33(10), 2025-2038.
Italian
Children from Italy: Morano, M., Bortoli, L., Ruiz, M. C., Campanozzi, A., & Robazza, C. (2020). Actual and perceived motor competence: Are children accurate in their perceptions?. PLoS one, 15(5), e0233190.
Proxy Report
Australia (parents): Liong, G.H.E.; Ridgers, N.D.; Barnett, L.M. Associations between Skill Perceptions and Young Children's Actual Fundamental Movement Skills. Percept. Mot. Skills 2015, 120, 591-603, doi:10.2466/10.25.PMS.120v18x2.
Australia (parents): Maher, S.J.; Schott, N.; Lander, N.J.; Hinkley, T.; Barnett, L.M. A comparison of parent report and actual motor competence in young children. Aust. Occup. Ther. J. 2018, 10.1111/1440-1630.12486, doi:10.1111/1440-1630.12486.
Spanish (parents and teachers): Estevan, I.; Molina-García, J.; Bowe, S.J.; Álvarez, O.; Castillo, I.; Barnett, L.M. Who can best report on children's motor competence: Parents, teachers, or the children themselves? Psychol. Sport Exerc. 2018, 34, 1-9, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2017.09.002.
America (childcare providers): Figueroa, R., Barnett, L., Estevan, I., & Wiley, A. R. (2019, February). How well can family childcare providers report on preschoolers’ motor skill competence? In Child & Youth Care Forum (Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 19-28). Springer US.