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  1. Motor Competence and Body Mass Index in the Preschool Years: A Pooled Cross-Sectional Analysis of 5545 Children from Eight Countries

    Article • Sports Medicine, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Farid Bardid

  2. O.4.6-5 Evaluation of physical activity policies in Scotland: results from the 2021 Active Healthy Kids Scotland Report Card

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, September 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Farid Bardid

  3. Results from Scotland's 2021 report card on physical activity and health for children and youth: Grades, secular trends, and socio-economic inequalities

    Article • Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness, October 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Farid Bardid

  4. Learning to Cycle: A Cross-Cultural and Cross-Generational Comparison

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, April 2022, Frontiers

    Professor Marco Branco, Dr Farid Bardid

  5. Motor Competence Among Children in the United Kingdom and Ireland: An Expert Statement on Behalf of the International Motor Development Research Consortium

    Article • Journal of Motor Learning and Development, April 2022, Human Kinetics

    Dr Farid Bardid

  6. Is Motor Milestone Assessment in Infancy Valid and Scaled Equally Across Sex, Birth Weight, and Gestational Age? Findings From the Millennium Cohort Study

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, January 2022, Frontiers

    Dr Farid Bardid

  7. Assessing the motivational climates in early physical education curricula underpinned by motor learning theory: SAMPLE-PE

    Article • Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, December 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Farid Bardid

  8. The impact of motor competence on energy expenditure during object control skill performance in children and young adults

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Motor Behavior, June 2021, Brazilian Journal for Motor Behavior

    Dr Farid Bardid

  9. Development and validity of the Motivation Assessment Tool for Physical Education (MAT-PE) among young children

    Article • Psychology of Sport and Exercise, May 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Farid Bardid

  10. Developmental perspectives on motor competence and physical fitness in youth

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, April 2021, Wiley

    Dr Farid Bardid

  11. Long‐term effectiveness of a fundamental motor skill intervention in Belgian children: A 6‐year follow‐up

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, April 2021, Wiley

    Dr Farid Bardid

  12. Differences in Weight Status and Autonomous Motivation towards Sports among Children with Various Profiles of Motor Competence and Organized Sports Participation

    Article • Children, February 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Farid Bardid

  13. Global levels of fundamental motor skills in children: A systematic review

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, December 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Farid Bardid

  14. Profiles of Physical Fitness and Fitness Enjoyment Among Children: Associations With Sports Participation

    Article • Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, September 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Farid Bardid

  15. Examining early adolescents’ motivation for physical education: associations with actual and perceived motor competence

    Article • Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, August 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Farid Bardid

  16. Motor Development Research: II. The First Two Decades of the 21st Century Shaping Our Future

    Article • Journal of Motor Learning and Development, August 2020, Human Kinetics

    Dr Farid Bardid

  17. Skill Acquisition Methods Fostering Physical Literacy in Early-Physical Education (SAMPLE-PE): Rationale and Study Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in 5–6-Year-Old Children From Deprived Areas of North West England

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, June 2020, Frontiers

    Dr Farid Bardid

  18. Procedures and Challenges of Adapting an Existing Public Health Intervention for Use in Another Setting: The ToyBox-Scotland Preschool Obesity Prevention Program

    Article • January 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr Farid Bardid

  19. Affective Learning in Physical Education: A Systematic Review

    Article • Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, January 2020, Human Kinetics

    Dr Farid Bardid

  20. Assessing the acceptability of intervention components, delivery methods, and outcome measures of an adapted preschool obesity prevention programme: ToyBox‐Scotland.

    Article • Child Care Health and Development, December 2019, Wiley

    Dr Farid Bardid

  21. A feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial of a preschool obesity prevention intervention: ToyBox-Scotland

    Article • Pilot and Feasibility Studies, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Farid Bardid

  22. Comparison of motor competence in children aged 6‐9 years across northern, central, and southern European regions

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, November 2019, Wiley

    Dr Farid Bardid, Prof Tommi Vasankari

  23. Developmental Change in Motor Competence: A Latent Growth Curve Analysis

    Article • Frontiers in Physiology, October 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Farid Bardid

  24. Investigating the construct of motor competence in middle childhood using the BOT‐2 Short Form: An item response theory perspective

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, August 2019, Wiley

    Dr Farid Bardid

  25. Children’s metabolic expenditure during object projection skill performance: New insight for activity intensity relativity

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Farid Bardid

  26. A hitchhiker’s guide to assessing young people’s motor competence: Deciding what method to use

    Article • Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, March 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Farid Bardid

  27. The Relationship Between Motor Competence and Physical Fitness from Early Childhood to Early Adulthood: A Meta-Analysis

    Article • Sports Medicine, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Farid Bardid

  28. Reflections on Motor Development Research Across the 20th Century: Six Empirical Studies That Changed the Field

    Article • Journal of Motor Learning and Development, January 2019, Human Kinetics

    Dr Farid Bardid

  29. Motor Development Research: I. The Lessons of History Revisited (the 18th to the 20th Century)

    Article • Journal of Motor Learning and Development, January 2019, Human Kinetics

    Dr Farid Bardid

  30. Results from Scotland’s 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth

    Article • Journal of Physical Activity and Health, November 2018, Human Kinetics

    Dr Farid Bardid

  31. Actual and Perceived Motor Competence Levels of Belgian and United States Preschool Children

    Article • Journal of Motor Learning and Development, October 2018, Human Kinetics

    Dr Farid Bardid

  32. Adapting the ToyBox obesity prevention intervention for use in Scottish preschools: protocol for a feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial

    Article • BMJ Open, October 2018, BMJ

    Dr Farid Bardid

  33. The effectiveness of a community-based fundamental motor skill intervention in children aged 3–8 years: Results of the “Multimove for Kids” project

    Article • Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, February 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Farid Bardid

  34. Configurations of actual and perceived motor competence among children: Associations with motivation for sports and global self-worth

    Article • Human Movement Science, December 2016, Elsevier

    An De Meester, Dr Farid Bardid

  35. Using Rasch modeling to investigate the construct of motor competence in early childhood

    Article • Psychology of Sport and Exercise, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Farid Bardid

  36. “I Don’t Have Time”: Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

    Article • Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, April 2016, Human Kinetics

    Dr Farid Bardid

  37. Assessing fundamental motor skills in Belgian children aged 3-8 years highlights differences to US reference sample

    Article • Acta Paediatrica, March 2016, Wiley

    Dr. Jacqueline D Goodway, Dr Farid Bardid

  38. Convergent and Divergent Validity Between the KTK and MOT 4-6 Motor Tests in Early Childhood

    Article • Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, January 2016, Human Kinetics

    Dr Farid Bardid

  39. Cross-cultural comparison of motor competence in children from Australia and Belgium

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, July 2015, Frontiers

    Dr Farid Bardid

  40. The effectiveness of a fundamental motor skill intervention in pre-schoolers with motor problems depends on gender but not environmental context

    Article • Research in Developmental Disabilities, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Farid Bardid

  41. Gross Motor Delay

    Article • SAGE Publications

    Dr Farid Bardid