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Table 2 Fitness Sample: Means, Standard Deviations, and Bivariate Correlations (N = 227)

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

Variable

Sample

M

SD

1

2

3

4

1. Childhood Locomotor Skill

(possible range 0–15)

 
 

Overall

8.19

3.08

-

   
 

Male

7.68

3.22

-

   
 

Female

8.66

2.89

-

   

2. Childhood Object Control

Skill (possible range 0–15)

 
 

Overall

9.67

3.20

0.26**

-

  
 

Male

11.52

2.65

0.39**

-

  
 

Female

7.99

2.69

0.46**

-

  

3. Adolescent Perceived

Sports Competence

(possible range 6–24)

 
 

Overall

16.89

3.45

0.11

0.39**

-

 
 

Male

17.89

3.12

0.03

0.22*

-

 
 

Female

15.98

3.49

0.35**

0.36**

-

 

4. Adolescent Fitness Level

(number of laps on MFT)

 
 

Overall

49.83

24.04

0.03

0.39**

0.46**

-

 

Male

62.40

23.55

0.02

0.11

0.23*

-

 

Female

38.43

18.12

0.24**

0.23*

0.54**

-

  1. ** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
  2. * Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)