Self-Perceptions, Parents’ Perceptions, Metaperceptions, and Locomotor Skills in Adolescents With Visual Impairments: A Preliminary Investigation

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Alexandra Stribing Department of Physical Education, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA

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Adam Pennell Department of Natural Science Division-Sports Medicine, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, USA

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Emily N. Gilbert Department of Physical Education, SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY, USA

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Lauren J. Lieberman Department of Kinesiology, Sports Studies, and Physical Education, The State University of New York’s College at Brockport, Brockport, NY, USA

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Ali Brian Department of Physical Education, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1123/jmld.2021-0021
Keywords:
tripartite model of efficacy beliefs; motor competence; blindness; youth
First Published Online:
30 Dec 2021
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Volume 10: Issue 1
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132–148
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Individuals with visual impairments (VI) trend toward lower motor competence when compared with peers without VI. Various forms of perception often affects motor competence. Thus, it is important to explore factors that influence forms of perception and their differential effects on motor competence for those with VI. Therefore, the purposes of this study were to explore and describe the differential effects of age, gender, and degree of vision on self-perceptions, parents’ perceptions, metaperceptions, and locomotor skills, and to examine potential associations among all variables with actual locomotor competence for adolescents with VI. Adolescents with VI completed two questionnaires and the Test of Gross Motor Development-Third Edition. Parents completed a parent perception questionnaire. Mann–Whitney U and Kruskal–Wallis H analyses showed no differential effects for gender or age on any dependent measures. Degree of vision affected locomotor skills, but not any other factor. Spearman rho correlations showed significant associations among locomotor and self-perceptions, degree of vision and locomotor, and metaperceptions with parents’ perceptions. Adolescents reported relatively high self-perceptions and metaperceptions; however, their actual locomotor competence and parents’ perceptions were relatively low. Findings may help situate future intervention strategies targeting parents supporting their children’s locomotor skills through self-perceptions.

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