Suggate, Sebastian P. and Karle, Viktoria and Stoeger, Heidrun (2025) Cutting It Too Fine? The Factor Structure of Fine Motor Skills From Ages 5 to 10 Years. WILEY, HOBOKEN.
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Fine motor skills (FMS) have been intensely studied in developmental contexts, with little attention to their empirical structure and developmental changes. We tested the factor structure of FMS on 5- to 10 year old children in two cohorts from 2020 to 2023, beginning in kindergarten and grade 2 and followed up 1 year later (n = 240 and 310, 49.7% female, 74.2% German). Measures assessed dexterity, graphomotor skills, and speed FMS. Exploratory factor analyses were conducted on randomly split-half samples in kindergarten and grade 2, followed by confirmatory factor analyses on the second of the split-half samples and the entire cohorts in grades 1 and 3. Findings generally suggest a three-factor solution (CFIs > 0.95), with indications of gender effects and developmental changes in structure.
| Item Type: | Other |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | SCHOOL READINESS; GENDER-DIFFERENCES; CHILDREN; PERFORMANCE; LANGUAGE; ACHIEVEMENT; BRAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; HYPOTHESIS; dexterity; factor structure; fine motor skills; graphomotor skills; writing |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 370 Education |
| Divisions: | Human Sciences > Institut für Erziehungswissenschaften |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 26 May 2026 08:06 |
| Last Modified: | 26 May 2026 08:06 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/65862 |
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