153026 20260411074511.0 doi 10.1002/pits.23489 sideral 143455 ART-2025-143455 eng (orcid)0009-0007-9320-6751 Segura-Berges, Manuel Universidad de Zaragoza Analysis of the Predictive Value of Motor Coordination, Anxiety and Self‐Esteem Levels on Self‐Perceived Motor Competence in Primary Students 2025 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted ABSTRACT Motor, psycho‐emotional, cognitive and social variables, plus other factors like gender, influence how schoolchildren perceive their motor competence level. By means of a hierarchical linear regression analysis, this longitudinal study aimed to determine the predictive value that coordination, anxiety, and self‐esteem at the age of 9 years can have on the self‐perceived motor competence variable at the age between 11 and 12 years. Data collection was performed with 224 pupils at a first time point with grade‐4 Primary Education (PEd) pupils (mean age 9.11 ± 0.32 years) and a second time point with grade‐6 PEd pupils (11.49 ± 0.50 years). The results evidenced that coordination, anxiety, and self‐esteem at the age of 9 years predicted self‐perceived motor competence at ages between 11 and 12 years. Gender differences were also observed in these results. For the female gender, age, coordination, and anxiety variables explained the variance for self‐perceived motor competence. For the male gender, age, coordination, and self‐esteem explained the variance for self‐perception competence. This reveals the importance of more globally understanding self‐perceived motor competence in PEd pupils considering the predictive role of psycho‐emotional, motor, and socio‐demographic variables based on gender. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/JIUZ-2020-SOC-15 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion (orcid)0000-0002-3776-2901 Peñarrubia-Lozano, Carlos Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-8201-0469 Bustamante, Juan Carlos Universidad de Zaragoza 3001 187 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Expres.Music.Plást.Corp. Área Didáctica Expres.Corporal 4001 215 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ciencias de la Educación Área Didáctica y Organiz. Esc. 4009 735 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Psicolog.Evolut.Educac (2025), [10 pp.] Psychol. sch. PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS 0033-3085 515523 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/153026/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2026-03-31 1008819 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/153026/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2026-03-31 oai:zaguan.unizar.es:153026 articulos driver 2026-04-10-13:53:49 ARTICLE