Associations of Gross Motor Skills with Self-Regulation and Executive Function in Preschool-Aged Children
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| Title: | Associations of Gross Motor Skills with Self-Regulation and Executive Function in Preschool-Aged Children |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Veldman, Sanne L. C. (ORCID |
| Source: | Australasian Journal of Early Childhood. Sep 2023 48(3):234-246. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 13 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Psychomotor Skills, Self Management, Self Control, Executive Function, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Short Term Memory, Spatial Ability, Motor Development, Norm Referenced Tests |
| Geographic Terms: | Australia |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Test of Gross Motor Development |
| DOI: | 10.1177/18369391231175524 |
| ISSN: | 1836-9391 0312-5033 |
| Abstract: | This study aimed to examine associations between gross motor skills and executive functions (EF) in a large sample of Australian preschool-aged children. Of 566 children (mean age = 3.2 ± 0.4 years, 51.2% girls), locomotor, object control, and total skill competence were significantly associated with visual spatial working memory and inhibition (p < 0.05). Total skill competence was associated with shifting and locomotor skills were significantly associated with self-regulation (p < 0.05). Static balance was significantly associated with inhibition and shifting (p < 0.05). In boys, an association between object control skills and visual spatial working memory was observed. In girls, an association between static balance and visual spatial working memory, phonological working memory, and shifting was observed. The identification of significant associations between gross motor skills and different EFs is an important contribution to the growing evidence on the relationship between motor skills and EFs in early childhood. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2023 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1392314 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This study aimed to examine associations between gross motor skills and executive functions (EF) in a large sample of Australian preschool-aged children. Of 566 children (mean age = 3.2 ± 0.4 years, 51.2% girls), locomotor, object control, and total skill competence were significantly associated with visual spatial working memory and inhibition (p < 0.05). Total skill competence was associated with shifting and locomotor skills were significantly associated with self-regulation (p < 0.05). Static balance was significantly associated with inhibition and shifting (p < 0.05). In boys, an association between object control skills and visual spatial working memory was observed. In girls, an association between static balance and visual spatial working memory, phonological working memory, and shifting was observed. The identification of significant associations between gross motor skills and different EFs is an important contribution to the growing evidence on the relationship between motor skills and EFs in early childhood. |
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| ISSN: | 1836-9391 0312-5033 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/18369391231175524 |
