. 2026 Feb 19;17:1686950. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1686950

TABLE 2.

Bivariate correlations among study variables for middle childhood (above diagonal) and late childhood (below diagonal).

Variable	BMI	VC	50 m	SR	RS	LOC	BALL	AMC	PMC	HRPF	MVPA
BMI	–	0.27^**	−0.14^*	−0.07	0.12^*	0.14^*	0.20^**	0.20^**	0.16^**	0.22^*	0.18^**
Vital capacity (VC)	0.35^**	–	0.29^**	0.01	0.14^*	0.20^**	0.10	0.17^**	0.09	0.40^**	0.30^**
50 m dash	0.03	0.01	–	0.05	0.31^**	0.22^**	0.32^**	0.32^**	0.27^**	0.47^**	0.32^**
Sit and reach (SR)	0.10	0.03	0.09	–	0.02	0.01	0.15^*	0.09	0.09	0.22^**	0.12
Rope skip (RS)	0.14^*	0.02	0.04	0.25^**	–	0.37^**	0.34^**	0.42^**	0.37^**	0.64^**	0.25^**
Locomotor (LOC)	0.02	0.25^**	0.02	0.19	0.04	–	0.45^**	0.83^**	0.52^**	0.49^**	0.54^**
Ball skills (BALL)	0.02	0.06	0.00	0.15	0.06	0.09	–	0.87^**	0.39^**	0.42^**	0.50^**
AMC	0.01	0.17^*	0.01	0.22	0.07	0.58^**	0.86^**	–	0.45^**	0.53^**	0.61^**
PMC	0.01	0.08	0.01	0.05	0.17^**	0.81^**	0.73^**	0.78^**	–	0.50^**	0.24^**
HRPF	0.51^*	0.66^**	0.54^*	0.55^**	0.62^**	0.09	0.05	0.08	0.31^**	–	0.44^**
MVPA	0.15^*	0.05	0.06	0.16	0.13	0.19^**	0.26^**	0.71^**	0.55^**	0.10	–

AMC, actual motor competence; PMC, perceived motor competence; MVPA, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; HRPF, Health-Related Physical Fitness. Middle childhood correlations are displayed above the diagonal (shaded); late childhood correlations are displayed below the diagonal.

^*P < 0.05.

^**P < 0.01.