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Motor skills assessments: support for a general motor factor for the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 and the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency-2

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Author(s):
Martins Okuda, Paola Matiko [1] ; Pangelinan, Melissa [2] ; Capellini, Simone A. [3] ; Cogo-Moreira, Hugo [1]
Total Authors: 4
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Fed Sao Paulo UNIFESP, Dept Psiquiatria & Psicol Med, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
[2] Auburn Univ, Sch Kinesiol, Auburn, AL 36849 - USA
[3] Univ Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho UN, Speech & Hearing Sci Dept, Marilia, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; v. 41, n. 1, p. 51-59, JAN-MAR 2019.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

Abstract Objective To evaluate the construct validity and model-based reliability of general and specific contributions of the subscales of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) and Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency-2 (BOT-2) when evaluating motor skills across a range of psychiatric disorders. Methods Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and bifactor analysis were conducted on BOT-2 data from 187 elementary school students (grades 1 to 6) (mean age: 113 ± 20 months; boys: n = 117, 62.56%) and on MABC-2 data from 127 elementary school students (grade 1) (mean age: 76 ± 2 months; boys: n = 58, 45.67%). Results The results of the CFA fit the data for multidimensionality for the BOT-2 and presented poor fit indices for the MABC-2. For both tests, the bifactor model showed that the reliability of the subscales was poor. Conclusions The BOT-2 exhibited factorial validity with a multidimensional structure among the current samples, but the MABC-2 showed poor fit indices, insufficient to confirm its multidimensional structure. For both tests, most of the reliable variance came from a general motor factor (M-factor), therefore the scoring and reporting of subscale scores were not justified for both tests. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 15/04619-0 - Psychometric analysis of two motor assessment tests Movement Assessment Batery for children, second edition - MABC-2 and Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency: applying factorial analysis, latent class and hybrids (mixture) models
Grantee:Paola Matiko Martins Okuda
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate