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The contributions of motor skill proficiency to cognitive and social development in early childhood
| Title: | The contributions of motor skill proficiency to cognitive and social development in early childhood |
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| Authors: | Catherine M. Capio, Norman B. Mendoza, Rachel A. Jones, Rich S. W. Masters, Kerry Lee |
| Source: | Scientific Reports, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2024) |
| Publisher Information: | Nature Portfolio, 2024. |
| Publication Year: | 2024 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Science |
| Subject Terms: | Object control, Executive function, Social competence, Behaviours, Early childhood, Medicine, Science |
| More Details: | Abstract With limited evidence from intervention studies, causal relationships between motor competence and cognitive and social development have yet to be clearly established. In this research, we investigated whether a targeted training programme to improve fundamental movement skills (i.e., object control, locomotor) in young children would also lead to improvements in the cognitive (i.e., executive function) and social (i.e., socioemotional competence) domains. Using a two-arm group randomised intervention design, 185 children aged 36 to 60 months (mean 47.51, SD 8.11 months) were allocated to a motor skill intervention group or an active control group. The intervention was implemented over one school year, and outcomes were monitored across five time points. Longitudinal analysis was performed using hierarchical linear mixed-effects and latent growth curve models. Participation in the motor skill intervention led to higher rates of development of object control skills (p |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-024-79538-1 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/85e711f43d5c4ed8bcffe637a834f3bb |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.85e711f43d5c4ed8bcffe637a834f3bb |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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| ISSN: | 20452322 |
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| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-024-79538-1 |
| Published in: | Scientific Reports |
| Language: | English |