MASEM suggests cognitive skills partially mediate the link between FMS and academic skills, which drops from r = .334 to .200¶
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q3 i2 In a two-stage MASEM, the FMS–academic path dropped from r = .334 to .200 after including cognitive skills and executive functions, with all pathways statistically significant (p < .0001). → Sebastian P. Suggate 2025
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Sebastian P. Suggate 2025¶
Sebastian P. Suggate, Viktoria L. Karle, Tanja Kipfelsberger, Heidrun Stoeger. (2025). Keep the hands in mind: A meta-analysis of correlations between fine motor skills and reading, writing, mathematics, and cognitive development in children and adolescents. Educational Research Review 49 (2025) 100748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2025.100748
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Two-stage MASEM (18 studies with academic–intelligence correlations, 27 with executive-function–academic correlations; academic skills collapsed into one score). The article reports the FMS–academic path "dropped from r = .334 to .200, gives an indication of the extent of the mediation".
"Comparing the relationship between FMS and academic skills in the fixed-effects correlations in Table 4 with the MASEM, which dropped from r = .334 to .200, gives an indication of the extent of the mediation."
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Related Claims¶
- FMS subdomain correlations vary within academic domains: nonword reading strongest, letter reading weakest, intelligence strongest among cognitive skills — related
- Fine motor skills show a significant moderate overall correlation (r = .329) with academic-cognitive skills in children and adolescents — related
- Graphomotor skills show the strongest links of the FMS subdomains with academic-cognitive skills, significantly exceeding dexterity — related
- FiMS relate more strongly than GMS to reading, writing, mathematics, general academics and cognition, but not to language; GMS show no significant link to general academic skills — related
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MASEM suggests cognitive skills partially mediate the link between FMS and academic skills, which drops from r = .334 to .200 |
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MASEM suggests cognitive skills partially mediate the link between FMS and academic skills, which drops from r = .334 to .200 |
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