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Motor competence is intrinsically linked to executive functioning, even though the causal links between the development of motor skills and the development of cognitive skills are not always obvious. Even in early childhood, with advances in cognitive processes in the child's development, processes emerge that make the child capable of regulating their own behavior.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title><jats:p>These variables are important for child development; however, there are no previous studies that examine the associations of motor competence, executive functions, and self\u2010regulation together. There is also no study that takes a holistic view to better understand the interrelationships of these variables. This study aimed to investigate the association between motor competence, executive functions, and self\u2010regulation in childhood and identify the variables with the highest network influence values.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The research adopted a cross\u2010sectional design; it is a descriptive and associative study. Two hundred and eighty\u2010three children aged 3\u20136\u2009years of both sexes, from two of the most populous cities in the interior of northeastern Brazil participated. The instruments used were the TGMD\u20103 for motor competence, the Early Years Toolbox battery for executive functions, and HTKS\u2010R for self\u2010regulation. The data was analyzed using network analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>It was observed that motor competence and executive functions were positively related, and self\u2010regulation had an indirect association with motor competence. These findings corroborate previous studies on the relationship between motor competence and executive functions and highlight the importance of self\u2010regulation in this association. The network showed clusters between motor competence skills, executive functions, and self\u2010regulation, which are part of the same construct. The skills of running, receiving, kicking, and inhibitory control had the highest centrality rates, highlighting their importance for the interconnection of variables. The highest values of expected influence were from running, inhibitory control, and kicking, modifications of which can result in significant changes in the overall behavior of the network.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>These findings reinforce the integrated nature of motor, cognitive, and self\u2010regulatory processes in childhood, suggesting that specific skills (e.g., running, inhibitory control) play a central role in the development network.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/ajhb.70110","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,12]],"date-time":"2025-08-12T09:31:37Z","timestamp":1754991097000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Association Between Motor Competence, Executive Functions, and Self\u2010Regulation: A Complex Systems Approach"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"37","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0917-5494","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Morgana Alves Correia","family":"da Silva","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidade Federal do Vale do S\u00e3o Francisco  Petrolina Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Clarice Maria","family":"de Lucena Martins","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Education Federal University of Para\u00edba  Jo\u00e3o Pessoa Brazil"},{"name":"Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, and Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health University of Porto  Porto Portugal"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Michelly Alencar","family":"Alencar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidade Federal do Vale do S\u00e3o Francisco  Petrolina Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Paulo Renato Alves","family":"Firmino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Educatio Universidade Federal do Cariri  Crato Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Paulo Felipe Ribeiro","family":"Bandeira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidade Federal do Vale do S\u00e3o Francisco  Petrolina Brazil"},{"name":"Department of Physical Education Universidade Regional do Cariri  Crato Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_10_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev-psych-010418-102836"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/a0023748"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_4_1","unstructured":"Bandeira P. 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