Siblings' Influence on the Motor Competence of Preschoolers

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Autor(a) principal: Rodrigues, Luis P.
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Luz, Carlos, Cordovil, Rita, Mendes, Rui, Alexandre, Rita, Lopes, Vítor P.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
DOI: 10.3390/children8030204
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/103830
https://doi.org/10.3390/children8030204
Resumo: The number of single-child families has been rising steadily in recent years, resulting in a childhood absent of sibling relationships. Being an only child has been shown to have a negative impact on physical fitness, somatic fitness, and motor development. In this study, we aimed to understand how living with and without siblings can impact the motor competence of children. One hundred and sixty-one children (87 boys, 74 girls) from 3.0 to 6.0 years of age (34 only children, 125 siblings) and with no known motor or cognitive disability were assessed using the Motor Competence Assessment (MCA). Their standardized results on the three MCA subscales (stability, locomotor, and manipulative) and total MCA were used to group them into high, average, and low motor competence groups. Motor competence percentile distribution of the sibling and only child group condition was compared using chi-square tests. Results showed a significative and positive association between the sibling condition and the distribution between the three MC groups (chi-square = 6.29; p = 0.043), showing that children in a household with siblings, independent of their age and sex, show a clear tendency for developing better motor competence.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Siblings' Influence on the Motor Competence of Preschoolers
title Siblings' Influence on the Motor Competence of Preschoolers
spellingShingle Siblings' Influence on the Motor Competence of Preschoolers
Siblings' Influence on the Motor Competence of Preschoolers
Rodrigues, Luis P.
only child
MCA
early childhood
household
motor performance
Rodrigues, Luis P.
only child
MCA
early childhood
household
motor performance
title_short Siblings' Influence on the Motor Competence of Preschoolers
title_full Siblings' Influence on the Motor Competence of Preschoolers
title_fullStr Siblings' Influence on the Motor Competence of Preschoolers
Siblings' Influence on the Motor Competence of Preschoolers
title_full_unstemmed Siblings' Influence on the Motor Competence of Preschoolers
Siblings' Influence on the Motor Competence of Preschoolers
title_sort Siblings' Influence on the Motor Competence of Preschoolers
author Rodrigues, Luis P.
author_facet Rodrigues, Luis P.
Rodrigues, Luis P.
Luz, Carlos
Cordovil, Rita
Mendes, Rui
Alexandre, Rita
Lopes, Vítor P.
Luz, Carlos
Cordovil, Rita
Mendes, Rui
Alexandre, Rita
Lopes, Vítor P.
author_role author
author2 Luz, Carlos
Cordovil, Rita
Mendes, Rui
Alexandre, Rita
Lopes, Vítor P.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Rodrigues, Luis P.
Luz, Carlos
Cordovil, Rita
Mendes, Rui
Alexandre, Rita
Lopes, Vítor P.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv only child
MCA
early childhood
household
motor performance
topic only child
MCA
early childhood
household
motor performance
description The number of single-child families has been rising steadily in recent years, resulting in a childhood absent of sibling relationships. Being an only child has been shown to have a negative impact on physical fitness, somatic fitness, and motor development. In this study, we aimed to understand how living with and without siblings can impact the motor competence of children. One hundred and sixty-one children (87 boys, 74 girls) from 3.0 to 6.0 years of age (34 only children, 125 siblings) and with no known motor or cognitive disability were assessed using the Motor Competence Assessment (MCA). Their standardized results on the three MCA subscales (stability, locomotor, and manipulative) and total MCA were used to group them into high, average, and low motor competence groups. Motor competence percentile distribution of the sibling and only child group condition was compared using chi-square tests. Results showed a significative and positive association between the sibling condition and the distribution between the three MC groups (chi-square = 6.29; p = 0.043), showing that children in a household with siblings, independent of their age and sex, show a clear tendency for developing better motor competence.
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