The effect of preschool children's motor skills on self-care skills

SEZİCİ E., AKKAYA D. D.

EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CARE, vol.190, no.6, pp.963-970, 2020 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 190 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/03004430.2020.1737040
  • Journal Name: EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CARE
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, ASSIA, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Child Development & Adolescent Studies, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, Educational research abstracts (ERA), ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Psycinfo
  • Page Numbers: pp.963-970
  • Kütahya Health Sciences University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The study was conducted to examine the effect the 60-72 months of preschool children's motor skills have on their self-care skills. This is an analytical and sectional type of research. This study was conducted with aged 60-72 months of 126 preschool children between 15 March and 30 May 2019. The data were collected using the Self-Care Skills Scale-Teacher Form for Preschool Children (36-72 months) and the Lincoln Oseretsky Motor Development Test. It was found in the study that the preschool children's motor and self-care skills were affected by the duration of stay in kindergarten. In addition, there was a positive statistically significant relationship between the children's motor skills and self-care skills and the subscales (p < .05). It was seen that as the motor skills of the children increased, their self-care skills also increased.