The Effect of Residence Area and Mother's Education on Motor Development of Preschool-Aged Children in Greece

Autor/inn/en	Giagazoglou, Paraskevi; Kyparos, Antonios; Fotiadou, Eleni; Angelopoulou, Nickoletta
Titel	The Effect of Residence Area and Mother's Education on Motor Development of Preschool-Aged Children in Greece
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 177 (2007) 5, S.479-492 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Urban Areas; Rural Areas; Motor Development; Mothers; Poverty; Place of Residence; Preschool Children; Child Development; Parent Influence; Educational Attainment; Psychomotor Skills; Correlation; Environmental Influences; Rural Urban Differences; Greece; Developmental Quotient + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Urban area; Stadtregion; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Motorische Entwicklung; Mother; Mutter; Armut; Wohnort; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Kindesentwicklung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Korrelation; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Griechenland
Abstract	Development occurs according to the rhythm that is established by the genetic potential and the influence of environmental factors. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the child's residence area and maternal education on child's motor development. Eight hundred children (384 boys and 416 girls, aged 37-72 months), randomly selected from daycare centres and kindergartens of rural and urban areas of Northern Greece, were tested on the two motor subscales (A, locomotor; and D, eye-hand coordination) of the Griffiths Test No II. With respect to their residence, 610 children lived in urban and 190 lived in rural areas. In terms of education, 530 mothers were formally educated and 270 were highly educated. The results of this study suggest that motor development of preschool-aged children is associated with both factors examined. Children who lived in urban areas had better performance on fine motor abilities than children who lived in rural areas. In contrast, rural children had a higher developmental quotient than urban children on the locomotor scale. With regard to mother's education, children of highly educated mothers had a higher mean developmental quotient on both scales. The findings reinforce the need for a safe and opportunity-rich environment, which ensures that children reach their full developmental potential. (Contains 2 figures and 2 tables.) (Author).
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