Motor competence assessment in children: convergent and discriminant validity between the BOT-2 Short Form and KTK testing batteries

Job Fransen; Eva D'Hondt; Jan Bourgois; Roel Vaeyens; Renaat M Philippaerts; Matthieu Lenoir

doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2014.03.011

Motor competence assessment in children: convergent and discriminant validity between the BOT-2 Short Form and KTK testing batteries

Res Dev Disabil. 2014 Jun;35(6):1375-83. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.03.011. Epub 2014 Apr 5.

Authors

Job Fransen¹, Eva D'Hondt², Jan Bourgois³, Roel Vaeyens³, Renaat M Philippaerts³, Matthieu Lenoir³

Affiliations

¹ Ghent University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, Belgium. Electronic address: Job.Fransen@UGent.be.
² Ghent University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, Belgium; Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
³ Ghent University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, Belgium.

PMID: 24713517
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.03.011

Abstract

This study investigated convergent and discriminant validity between two motor competence assessment instruments in 2485 Flemish children: the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency 2 Short Form (BOT-2 Short Form) and the KörperKoördinationsTest für Kinder (KTK). A Pearson correlation assessed the relationship between BOT-2 Short Form total, gross and fine motor composite scores and KTK Motor Quotient in three age cohorts (6-7, 8-9, 10-11 years). Crosstabs were used to measure agreement in classification in children scoring below percentile 5 and 15 and above percentile 85 and 95. Moderately strong positive (r=0.44-0.64) associations between BOT-2 total and gross motor composite scores and KTK Motor Quotient and weak positive correlations between BOT-2 Short Form fine motor composite and KTK Motor Quotient scores (r=0.25-0.37) were found. Levels of agreement were fair to moderate. Therefore, some proof of convergent and discriminant validity between BOT-2 Short Form and KTK was established in this study, underlining the notion that the evaluation of motor competence should not be based upon a single assessment instrument.

Keywords: Child; Fitness; Health; Motor competence; Pediatrics.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Child
Female
Humans
Male
Motor Skills Disorders / diagnosis*
Motor Skills*
Reproducibility of Results