The relationships between motor practice, temperament and motor skills in term and preterm infants

This study examined gross and fine motor skills, temperament profiles and the duration and intensity of motor practice in 93 term and 87 preterm infants at corrected age. Overall, more intense practice was associated with better gross motor skills and a high extraversion temperament predicted more i...

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Main Author: Jensen, Lynn Marise
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2509
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description This study examined gross and fine motor skills, temperament profiles and the duration and intensity of motor practice in 93 term and 87 preterm infants at corrected age. Overall, more intense practice was associated with better gross motor skills and a high extraversion temperament predicted more intense practice. Importantly, infants who were small for gestational age practiced less intensely and had a higher risk of fine motor delay, as did male infants.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-25092017-02-20T06:38:21Z The relationships between motor practice, temperament and motor skills in term and preterm infants Jensen, Lynn Marise This study examined gross and fine motor skills, temperament profiles and the duration and intensity of motor practice in 93 term and 87 preterm infants at corrected age. Overall, more intense practice was associated with better gross motor skills and a high extraversion temperament predicted more intense practice. Importantly, infants who were small for gestational age practiced less intensely and had a higher risk of fine motor delay, as did male infants. 2015 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2509 en Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Jensen, Lynn Marise
The relationships between motor practice, temperament and motor skills in term and preterm infants
title The relationships between motor practice, temperament and motor skills in term and preterm infants
title_full The relationships between motor practice, temperament and motor skills in term and preterm infants
title_fullStr The relationships between motor practice, temperament and motor skills in term and preterm infants
title_full_unstemmed The relationships between motor practice, temperament and motor skills in term and preterm infants
title_short The relationships between motor practice, temperament and motor skills in term and preterm infants
title_sort relationships between motor practice, temperament and motor skills in term and preterm infants
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2509