Middle Eastern Journal of Disability Studies

Background & Objectives: At the outset of elementary school, children exhibit varying perceptions of their physical competence, with some confident in their abilities while others feel inadequate. As physical education teachers play a crucial role in developing children's motor skills, it's essential to have reliable and valid assessment protocols for body literacy. Given that motor skills significantly impact children's development and growth the way for an active lifestyle, childhood is a critical period for developing motor competence that enables children and adolescents to participate in various physical activities successfully. The present study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties and responsiveness of tools used to evaluate children's perceived motor competence based on the COSMIN criterion. Methods: This study was a systematic review and the research method was based on summarizing the results based on COSMIN guideline. An advanced search was conducted in the three databases PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus in the field of motor competence assessment tools for children aged 4 to 8, up to October 8, 2023. The keywords considered for this purpose were "perceived competence," "measure," "children," and all related terms. The search was conducted in English with the above keyword. The inclusion criteria for this study consist of a detailed introduction of measurement tools and evaluation items, assessment of perceived motor competence, use of valid and reliable tools, examination of at least one psychometric property of the tool based on the COSMIN criteria, publication of articles in English, and articles published in reputable journals. The study population includes healthy children aged between 4 and 8 years, and the statistical population is limited to this age range. Exclusion criteria include articles published in conferences, review articles, letters to the editor, lack of clear expression of the measurement method, short reports, articles where the participants are not children, articles that do not provide information on the characteristics of the measure proposed by Cosmin, and articles assessing perceived motor competence in individuals older than 8 years. The study selection and data extraction process were conducted independently by two authors, with any disputes resolved through discussion and, if necessary, consultation with a third author.

Results: In general, in this systematic review study, 1149 articles from three databases have been identified, of which 633 articles have been included in the review stage after repetitive removal, and 47 articles have been examined in the main features of tools for evaluating perceived motor performance. it placed. These 9 psychometric properties of instruments are content validity (face validity), construct validity (structural validity, hypothesis testing and cross-cultural validity), criterion validity, reliability (internal consistency, reliability, measurement error) and responsiveness. The obtained results showed content validity (form) of 11 articles (23%), construct validity of 13 articles (27%), hypothesis testing of 2 articles (0.04%), cross-cultural validity of 16 articles (34%), criterion validity of 2 articles. (0.04%) of 47 have been reported, and in the internal consistency section of 36 articles (76%), the reliability of 25 articles (53%) out of 47 articles, and in the measurement error and responsiveness section, no reports were found among the evaluation articles.

Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, none of the tools used to assess children's perceived motor competence have reported all 9 psychometric characteristics specified by the COSMIN method. Additionally, no study has yet reported the responsiveness rate and measurement error of the evaluation tool for children's perceived motor competence.