歩行に関連した赤ちゃんの姿勢の変化の日常経験の変化: 縦断的な評価
Yushan Guo1, Maximilian Tang1, John Franchak1
1University of California, Riverside, California, USA.
まとめ
乳児の毎日の姿勢の移行,または姿勢の変更は,歩行経験が増えるにつれて減少します. 移動性のある赤ちゃんは,探索のために,直立した姿勢を含む移行をますます使用しています.
科学分野:
- 発達心理学の心理学について
- モーター開発 モーター開発
- 幼児の行動について
背景:
- 姿勢の移行は,幼児の感知運動探索に不可欠です.
- 幼児の体格転換に関する以前の研究は,制御された実験室環境に限定されています.
- 日常生活の頻度や移行の種類は,ほとんど研究されていないままです.
研究 の 目的:
- 幼児の自然環境における姿勢転換の頻度と種類を評価する.
- 歩行経験がこれらの日常的な移行にどのように影響するか調査する.
主な方法:
- 縦断的なデータ収集のために,新しいビデオベースのエコロジカル・モメンタリー・アセスメント (vEMA) を使用しました.
- アメリカ全土の11歳と13歳の44人の乳児から3210件のビデオ観察を集めました.
- 歩行経験に基づく姿勢の移行を特定し,分類するためにビデオデータを分析しました.
主要な成果:
- 幼児が歩行経験を増やすにつれて,姿勢転換の頻度は減少しました.
- 歩行経験が大きい乳児は,直立した姿勢を含む移行に強い関わりを示しました.
- 歩行能力と比較して,移行の頻度とタイプの有意な違いが観察されました.
結論:
- 幼児の歩行経験は,赤ちゃんの日常の姿勢転換行動に大きく影響します.
- 日常生活では,実験室環境と比べて,姿勢の変化のパターンが異なっていることがわかります.
- これらの移行を理解することで,運動発達と環境探索の洞察が得られます.
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