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Leila Mohamadi, Parisa Hejazi Dinan, Parvaneh Shamsipour, Volume 6, Issue 1 (autumn 2019)
Abstract
Introduction: Childhood is the most important period of human prosperity and the most basic basis for health in the later periods of life, physically, mentally, socially and cognitively. In this regard, one of the most important factors affecting children's overall development is environmental factors. The present study aimed to compare motor competence, developmental dimensions and body mass index of children aged 4-6 in 3 environments; kindergartens, home and nursery in Tehran.
Methods: This descriptive study was of causal-comparative type. The statistical population of the study was 4-6 years old girls in Tehran city in three different setting environments (home, kindergarten and nursery). Ninety children (30 in each environment) were selected by sampling method and based on inclusion criteria. Data were collected using a personal profile questionnaire, the short form of Bruininx-Oseretsky Expedition Test, anthropometric measurements and body mass index.
Results: There is a significant difference between motor skills of children at home, kindergarten and nursery. The kindergarten children have higher prevalence rates than home and nursery children. The effect of different environments on developmental factors was significant in height, percent of fat, shoulder width, pelvic width, and head circumference. Comparing the averages showed that kindergarten children had a higher height and fat percentage compared with children at home and nursery, while children at home had wider shoulder, pelvic and head circumference than kindergarten children. Differences in other developmental factors and body mass index were not significant but the values were higher in home and kindergarten children compared to children in nursery environment.
Conclusions: The results showed that the type of environment in which the child was reared influences development of motor skill and some other developmental dimensions.
Parvaneh Shamsipour Dehkordi, Maryam Rahimiyan, Mandana Sangari, Afsaneh Kheirandish, Volume 10, Issue 3 (spring 2024)
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Introduction: The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of physical maturity and social and economic status on cognitive flexibility and perceived motor competence in 10-12-year-old children in Tehran.
Method: This study used a causal-comparative method, according to Morgan's table, 400 elementary schools ranging between the ages of 10 to 12 years in Tehran (second half of the academic year 1400) were randomly selected. Skeletal maturity was estimated by the Khamis-Roche method. The SES questionnaire was used to assess the socio-economic status. The Cognitive Flexibility Questionnaire (FC) was used to assess the level of cognitive skills and the perceived motor competence questionnaire Was applied to measure children's motor skills. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and Pearson's correlation coefficient.
Results: Socio-economic status and physical maturity have a significant effect on each of the variables of perceived motor competence (p=0/001) and also on the variables of cognitive flexibility(p=0/021). The children at the level of early physical maturity and normal and also children with better socioeconomic status were perceived in the variables of cognitive flexibility (p=0/016)and motor competence (p=0/011)and their components were better than children with late physical maturity and low socioeconomic status. The results of Pearson's correlation coefficient showed that there is a significant relationship between physical maturity and cognitive flexibility and perceived motor competence, and there is also a significant relationship between socioeconomic status and perceived cognitive flexibility and motor competence, and high socioeconomic status in children with precocious puberty leads to increased cognitive flexibility and perceived motor competence.
Conclusion: Early physical maturity level and high socioeconomic status have led to an increase in perceived motor competence and cognitive flexibility of children.
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