The Relationship of Body Cathexis and Motor Performance in Junior High School Girls of Three Ethnic Groups Page: 7
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3. Motor performance
a. Theoretically--"Motor performance has been
described as observable human.behavior characterized
by voluntary, task-centered movement" (2, p. 27).
b. Opera tionaily--Motor performance in this study
was represented by the scores obtained on the Scott
Motor Ability Test.
Limitations of the Study
This study was subject to the following limitations:
1. A total of 117 girls attending Mann Junior High
School of Abilene, Texas, during the spring semester of
1971 were utilized as subjects. All subjects were members
of the physical education classes of the school
2. Subjects were divided into groups according to
ethnic characteristics, with 39 girls comprising a Negro
group, 39 girls in a white group, and 39 girls in a
Mexican-American group.
3. The ethnic groups were subdivided according to
grade level so that each ethnic group was comprised of
thirteen seventh-grade girls, thirteen eighth-grade girls,
and thirteen ninth-grade girls.
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Bedford, Jane. The Relationship of Body Cathexis and Motor Performance in Junior High School Girls of Three Ethnic Groups, thesis, August 1971; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131395/m1/14/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .