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The Impact of a Motor Affordance Intervention on Motor and Cognitive Development of Young Children

Authors: Asiye Zoghi, Masomeh Shojaei, Abdollah Ghasemi

Published in: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction | Issue 5/2016

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This research evaluated the impact of a motor affordance intervention on motor and cognitive development. The sample included 46 healthy Iranian toddlers ages 24–42 months. The sample was randomly selected by multi-stage cluster sampling from a single community. The sample was divided into three groups: intervention (n = 16), control-daycare (n = 15) and a control (n = 15). The intervention group was placed in an enriched motor affordance environment for 36 sessions over a 3-month period. All participants were pre and post-tested using the Affordances in the Home Environment for Motor Development– (AHEMD), Denver Developmental Screening Test п, and the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales. Data was analyzed using univariate and multivariate analysis of covariance. The key findings were that the motor affordance intervention had a positive effect on gross and fine-motor and cognitive development (verbal IQ subscale).

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Title: The Impact of a Motor Affordance Intervention on Motor and Cognitive Development of Young Children
Authors: Asiye Zoghi
Masomeh Shojaei
Abdollah Ghasemi
Publication date: 01-10-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction / Issue 5/2016
Print ISSN: 1557-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1557-1882
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-015-9616-4

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