Early motor skills predict the developmental trajectory of problem solving in young children with motor delays.

Autor: Molinini RM; Motor Development Lab, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA., Koziol NA; Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA., Marcinowski EC; School of Kinesiology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA., Hsu LY; Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA., Tripathi T; Pediatric and Rehabilitation Laboratory, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA., Harbourne RT; Rangos School of Health Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA., McCoy SW; Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA., Lobo MA; Move to Learn Innovation Lab, Department of Physical Therapy and Biomechanics and Movement Science Program, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA., Bovaird JA; Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA., Dusing SC; Motor Development Lab, Department of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Developmental psychobiology [Dev Psychobiol] 2021 Sep; Vol. 63 (6), pp. e22123. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 May 04.
DOI: 10.1002/dev.22123
Abstrakt: Introduction: The purpose of this study was to quantify the relationship between early motor skills, such as sitting, and the development of problem-solving skills in children with motor delays.
Methods: Motor (Gross Motor Function Measure) and problem-solving (Assessment of Problem-Solving in Play) skills of 134 children 7-16 months adjusted age at baseline with motor delay were assessed up to 5 times over 12 months. Participants were divided into two groups: mild and significant motor delay.
Results: Motor and problem-solving scores had large (r's = 0.53-0.67) and statistically significant (p's > .01) correlations at all visits. Baseline motor skills predicted baseline and change in problem solving over time. The associations between motor and problem-solving skills were moderated by level of motor delay, with children with significant motor delay generally having stronger associations compared to those with mild motor delay.
Conclusions: These findings suggest that overall baseline motor skills are predictive of current and future development of problem-solving skills and that children with significant motor delay have a stronger and more stable association between motor and problem-solving skills over time. This highlights that children with motor delays are at risk for secondary delays in problem solving, and this risk increases as degree of motor delay increases.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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