Exploring gender differences in infant motor development related to parent’s promotion of play

Dinkel, Danae; Snyder, Kailey

doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2020.101440

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“…This study provides evidence that highly involved familial AMC is associated with improved milestone attainment during infancy, influencing MSD score as much as the child's sex, which is considered an important confounder of motor and social development at this age (Berglund et al, 2005; Dinkel & Snyder, 2020). Within psychological research of individual differences, an effect‐size of r = 0.20 is considered typical, such that this predictor can be evaluated as having a medium effect on MSD score that is of some practical and explanatory significance (Funder & Ozer, 2019).…”

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confidence: 76%

Familial allomaternal care exposure is predictive of infant development

Singletary

2020

American J Hum Biol

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Objective This study assesses whether increased exposure to allomaternal care (AMC, or non‐maternal care) is associated with improved infant motor and social milestone attainment. Methods Typically developing infants aged 13‐18 months (n = 102) were assessed by their mothers using the previously validated National Center for Health Statistics' Motor and Social Development Scale (MSD). AMC exposure from birth to present was quantified using four AMC predictor components. Results Exposure to Highly Involved Familial AMC has a significant medium effect on MSD score, such that infants experiencing more of this type of care score higher. Conclusions Familial AMC is associated with improved milestone attainment, suggesting that learning experiences are enhanced by these interactions, although further cross‐cultural studies are needed. If future studies confirm the positive effects of AMC interactions on early developmental outcomes, this may help explain the selective pressures for extensive AMC.

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confidence: 76%

Familial allomaternal care exposure is predictive of infant development

Singletary

2020

American J Hum Biol

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“…Additional details regarding the full methodology of this study can be found elsewhere. 4 Speci c to this qualitative content analysis, semi-structured in-person interviews were conducted with all participants in the Fall of 2018 thru Spring of 2019. This study was approved by a University A liated Institutional Review Board.…”

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“…As a part of the larger study, infants and parents completed a variety of motor development and play measures described elsewhere. 4 After the survey and other assessments were completed the interview was conducted. All interviews were conducted by KS and audio-recorded and lasted approximately 20 minutes.…”

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Perspectives of Infant Active Play: A Qualitative Comparison of Working Versus Stay-at-home Parents

Snyder

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Masuda

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Background: Parents play a key role in infants’ development through their interactions and the type of environment they provide for their child to promote active play. The amount of time parents are able to spend with their infant is dependent on their working status, yet few studies have explored parents’ perceptions of their infants’ active play by parental working status. The purpose of this study was to explore parents’ perceptions of active play and compare responses between working and stay at home parents. Methods: Twenty-nine parents participated in this qualitative study by completing a one-time, in-person semi-structured interview based on the Theory of Planned Behavior. Themes were developed and the proportion of working and stay at home parents who responded within each theme were used to compare for differences between working status using a directed content analysis approach. Results: All parents believed active play could have a positive effect on their child’s development through physical, social and emotional, cognitive, and/or language and communication development. However, stay at home parents reported a broader impact of active play across these domains; whereas working parents most often referenced active play as impacting infant’s physical development. Social and emotional interactions were the highest reported form of active play among all parents. Additionally, all parents described similar barriers to increasing the time for active play. The most commonly reported barrier for all parents was time or schedule followed by care needs of the infant, environmental concerns, and need for restrictive devices (e.g., car seats). More stay at home parents than working parents reported the care needs of the infant as being a barrier. Recommendations for active play were not widely known amongst all parents, with a higher percentage of working parents reporting they would listen to a healthcare provider.Conclusions: Working status of parents seems to have implications on certain aspects and perceptions of active play which in turn may influence infants’ physical development. Future studies should objectively assess the impact of parents’ working status on infant development and explore how gender of the parent may serve as a confounding variable.

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“…Parents of males more frequently made statements to promote gross motor skills while parents of females more frequently made statements to promote fine motor skills (Dinkel & Snyder, 2020). Parents' statement relates to give motivation for children in their activity.…”

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The Gross Motor Skill Differences Between Preschool Boys and Girl

Arifiyanti¹

2020

aulad

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Every stage in human development has different phase. Not only in every stage but also in gender, motor skill has their own characteristics. Moreover, there is a question of the validity and reliability of some tests used by the researcher. The study was conducted in Purworejo, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia. A total of 82 children enrolled in this study, including 12 children aged between 3-4 years, 36 children aged between 4 and 5 years, and 34 children aged between 5 and 6 years. The test of gross motor development-second (TGMD-2) edition was used to evaluate gross motor skill. Independent T-test was used to analyzed the final result. The findings of this study demonstrated that the boys have higher gross motor skills performance than the girls. The school can use this fact to plan curriculum that not based in gender. School must be a campaign system for gender equality

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Exploring gender differences in infant motor development related to parent’s promotion of play

Cited by 41 publications

References 26 publications

Familial allomaternal care exposure is predictive of infant development

Familial allomaternal care exposure is predictive of infant development

Perspectives of Infant Active Play: A Qualitative Comparison of Working Versus Stay-at-home Parents

The Gross Motor Skill Differences Between Preschool Boys and Girl

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