Psychometric Properties of the Test of Gross Motor Development, Third Edition (German Translation): Results of a Pilot Study
in Journal of Motor Learning and DevelopmentClick name to view affiliation
The Test of Gross Motor Development, 3rd Edition (TGMD-3) is a process-oriented fundamental movement skill assessment to examine the movement patterns displayed by children between the ages of 3 and 10 years. Within this paper, results of a pilot study on the reliability, validity, and measurement invariance across gender of the TGMD-3 (German translation) are presented. In total, performances of 189 typically developing children (99 boys, 90 girls, 56 kindergarten children, 133 elementary school children, Mage = 7.15 ± 2.02 years) are analyzed. Results provide preliminary evidence for test-retest, interrater and intrarater reliability, internal consistency, age- and gender- specific performance trends, factorial validity, measurement invariance across gender, divergent validity, and ball skill–related concurrent and predictive validity of the TGMD-3 (German translation). Subsequent research should be focused on a verification of the present findings on a representative database to foster the application of the TGMD-3 (German translation) in different settings.
Wagner is with the Dept. of Sports Science, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany. Webster is with the School of Kinesiology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA. Ulrich is with the School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
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