Motor Behavior

The relationship between the affordance of home environment with motor and social development among Children 7-10 Years old: A Function of Ecological Theory

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

sima Fatahi 1
Hojjat zamani sani 2

1 University of Tabriz

2 university of Tabriz

https://doi.org/10.22089/mbj.2021.9737.1931
Abstract
Environmental influences are critical factors for optimal growth and development of children. Therefore, due to the importance of environmental affordance in the field of children’s development, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the affordance of home environment with motor and social development of children 7-10 years old in schools 1 and 4 of Tabriz according of ecological theory. 81 children were selected used cluster randomly sampling. To measure the affordance in the home environment, motor development and social development was used Affordance Gross Motor Development Question AGMDQ-1 (1985), Bruininks-oseretsky Test (1978) and Wieland Social Maturity Scale (1953), respectively. The results of linear regression showed that there is a significant relationship between affordance in the home environment and variables of motor development include: gross motor skills (F(4,76)=3.27, P=.01), fine motor skills (F(4,76)=4.81, P=.002) and coordination of the upper limb (F(4,76)=3.45, P=.01) and social development (F(4,76)=3.34, P=.01) of children and affordance environmental factors had the ability to predict these variables. Therefore it is possible to facilitate and strengthen children's development in these variables by support environmental affordance. Therefore, it is suggested that in the critical period of childhood, parents, educators and educational centers pay more attention to the importance of children's play space and affordance their environment.

Keywords

affordances
fine motor skills
gross motor skills
coordination of the upper limb
social development
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Motor Behavior
Volume 14, Issue 48
Autumn 2022
Pages 137-160

  • Receive Date 09 December 2020
  • Revise Date 20 June 2021
  • Accept Date 25 August 2021

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