Open AccessPatterns of Movement Performance among Japanese Children and Effects of Parenting Practices
Author(s) -
Zhu Zhu,
Cunyoen Kim,
Dandan Jiao,
Xiang Li,
Ammara Ajmal,
Munenori Matsumoto,
Yuko Sawada,
Toshihiro Kasai,
Taeko Watanabe,
Etsuko Tomisaki,
Emiko Tanaka,
Sumio Ito,
Rika Okumura,
Tokie Anme
Publication year - 2023
Publication title -
sultan qaboos university medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.258
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2075-0528
pISSN - 2075-051X
DOI - 10.18295/squmj.1.2022.008
Subject(s) - medicine , multinomial logistic regression , latent class model , test (biology) , confidence interval , post hoc analysis , logistic regression , longitudinal study , demography , body mass index , developmental psychology , early childhood , psychology , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , pathology , machine learning , sociology , computer science , biology
Objectives: The study aimed to examine the long-term effects of parenting practice during preschool years on children’s movement performance in primary school. Methods: This study involved a three-year longitudinal study including 225 children aged 3–6 years old. Parents reported baseline parenting practice and evaluated children’s movement performance three years later. Latent class analysis was used to explore latent classes of movement performance. A post hoc test was used to identify the characteristics of different patterns. Finally, adjusted multinomial logistic regression models were used to test the influence of parenting practice on identified patterns of movement performance. Results: Children in this study were grouped into three movement performance pattens, labelled as ‘least difficulties’ (58.2%, n = 131), ‘low back pain’ (30.2%, n = 68), and ‘most difficulties’ (11.6%, n = 26). After controlling for age, gender, having siblings or not, family structure, BMI SDS, sleep condition and dietary habits, we found that if parents played games with children frequently, the children would have a 0.287 times lower probability of being in the ‘low back pain’ class, 95%CI [0.105, 0.783], and if parents take children to meet peers of a similar age frequently, the children would have a 0.339 times lower probability of being in ‘most difficulties’ class, 95%CI [0.139, 0.825]. Conclusions: Primary healthcare providers should pay careful attention to children with movement difficulties. The study provides longitudinal evidence to support the applicability of positive parenting practice in early childhood to prevent children’s movement difficulties.
Keywords: Movement performance; Parenting practice; Latent class analysis; Child; Longitudinal study; Japan.