Environmental opportunities facilitating cognitive development in preschoolers: development of a multicriteria index

Autor: Juliana Nogueira Pontes Nobre, Rosane Luzia de Souza Morais, Bernat Viñola Prat, Amanda Cristina Fernandes, Ângela Alves Viegas, Pedro Henrique Scheidt Figueiredo, Marco Fabrício Peixoto, Fernanda De Oliveira Ferreira, Patrícia Martins de Freitas, Vanessa Amaral Mendonça, Ana Cristina Rodrigues Lacerda
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Neural Transmission. 130:65-76
ISSN: 1435-1463
0300-9564
Popis: Access to environmental opportunities can favor children's learning and cognitive development. The objectives is to construct an index that synthesizes environmental learning opportunities for preschoolers considering the home environment and verify whether the index can predict preschoolers' cognitive development. A quantitative, cross-sectional, exploratory study was conducted with 51 preschoolers using a multi-attribute utility theory (MAUT). The criteria used for drawing up the index were supported by the literature and subdivided in Group A "Resources from the house" extracted from HOME Inventory including: (1) to have three or more puzzles; (2) have at least ten children's books; (3) be encouraged to learn the alphabet; (4) take the family out at least every 2 weeks. Group B "Screens" (5) caution with using television; (6) total screen time in day/minutes. Group C "Parental Schooling" (7) maternal and paternal education. Pearson correlation analyses and univariate linear regression were performed to verify the relationship between the established index with cognitive test results. The index correlated with the total score of the mini-mental state exam (MMC) and verbal fluency test (VF) in the category of total word production and word production without errors. Multicriteria index explained 18% of the VF (total word production), 19% of the VF (total production of words without errors) and 17% of the MMC. The present multicriteria index has potential application as it synthesizes the preschooler's environmental learning opportunities and predicts domains of child cognitive development.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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