Derikx, D.F.A.A. (Dagmar) (2019) The Relationships Between Siblings, Performance-based Executive Functioning and Motor Performance in 3- to 5-year Old Children. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.
Full text available on request.Abstract
Siblings may have a substantial effect on the development of executive functioning (EF) and motor skills of a child, due to the large amount of interactions siblings have with the child. The aims of this study were to investigate the relationships between the presence of siblings on the one hand and performance-based EF and motor skills on the other hand and to further elucidate the relationship between EF and motor skills and the effect of siblings on this relationship. The sample consisted of 174 3- to 5-year old children (53.4% boys), who performed the Movement Assessment Battery for Children- 2 (MABC-2) and five performance-based EF tasks measuring inhibition (the Day/Night task, the Hand- Tapping task, and the Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders task) and working memory (the Forward Digit Recall task, and the Forward Corsi Block task). In addition, information regarding ADHD symptomatology, IQ, socioeconomic status and siblings was gathered. The regression analyses performed revealed being a middle child to be related to working memory after controlling for motor performance and manual dexterity to be related to inhibition when the sibling variables were controlled for. Furthermore, a relationship was found between working memory and balance for children who were the youngest in their family. It shows that at least some domains of EF performance, motor performance and the presence of siblings are related. Future studies should further elucidate these relationships by including additional sibling variables such as gender, EF proficiency, and motor proficiency of the siblings and the quality of the sibling relationship. Keywords: motor skills, executive functioning, siblings, early childhood development
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Schoemaker, dr. M.M. and Kamphorst, E. |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 20 May 2022 14:32 |
| Last Modified: | 20 May 2022 14:32 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3403 |
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