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. 2008 Aug 8;5:40. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-5-40

Table 2.

Fitness Sample: Means, Standard Deviations, and Bivariate Correlations (N = 227)

Variable Sample M SD 1 2 3 4
1. Childhood Locomotor Skill
(possible range 0–15)

Overall 8.19 3.08 -
Male 7.68 3.22 -
Female 8.66 2.89 -
2. Childhood Object Control
Skill (possible range 0–15)

Overall 9.67 3.20 0.26** -
Male 11.52 2.65 0.39** -
Female 7.99 2.69 0.46** -
3. Adolescent Perceived
Sports Competence
(possible range 6–24)


Overall 16.89 3.45 0.11 0.39** -
Male 17.89 3.12 0.03 0.22* -
Female 15.98 3.49 0.35** 0.36** -
4. Adolescent Fitness Level
(number of laps on MFT)

Overall 49.83 24.04 0.03 0.39** 0.46** -
Male 62.40 23.55 0.02 0.11 0.23* -
Female 38.43 18.12 0.24** 0.23* 0.54** -

** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)

* Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)