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Moderating effect of social risk on the relationship between biological risk and child development
Janaina Araujo Teixeira Santos1, Kênnea Martins Almeida Ayupe1, Ana Cristina Resende Camargos2
1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Física, Universidade de Brasília. Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro. 70910-900 Brasília DF Brasil. janafisiot@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Human development is influenced by the interaction between biological and social factors. This study aimed to verify the moderating effect of social risk on the relationship between biological risk and child development. Data were collected on 201 children, aged 6 to 72 months. The independent variable was measured by the biological risk index, and the moderator variable by the social risk index was assessed by the Denver II test. Linear regression, effect size, and analysis of moderation were used to verify the relationship between BRI and the child development (Denver II), and the moderating effect of the SRI. BRI was negatively associated with child development, the interaction between the BRI and SRI increased the explained variance in the Denver II result to 14%. The SRI was also a significant moderator of the Language and Gross Motor domains. This research evidence that social risk moderates the relationship between biological risk and child development, the more social risk factors, the stronger this relationship becomes. On the other hand, it can be said that some social factors favor child development, even in the presence of biological risk factors.
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