@article{62f78bf2ed5f4c75a8c8eb6a5fe238b6,
title = "Exploring Correlates of Preschool-Aged Children{\textquoteright}s Locomotor Skills: Individual and Parent Demographics and Home Environment",
abstract = "We examined individual and parental demographics and home environment factors associated with locomotor skills in predominantly Hispanic preschool-aged children. We used questionnaires to survey parents, included inquiries regarding parenting practices, parents{\textquoteright} physical activity levels, and home-based physical activity resources; and we administered the Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run (PACER) and the CHAMPS Motor Skills Protocol (CMSP) to children to measure the quantity and quality of their locomotor skills. Participants were 144 parents and their children (78.9% Hispanic, 49.3% girls) recruited from urban, community-based childcare and education centers. We examined the relationship between survey measures and PACER and CMSP scores with forward-selection stepwise linear regression models. Overall, 142 children completed the PACER, and 91 completed the CMSP. At the individual level, a child{\textquoteright}s age was positively associated with both PACER and CMSP scores, and girls had lower PACER scores than boys. In the home environment, parental promotion of more screen time was associated with a higher children{\textquoteright}s PACER score. In addition, higher parent concern for children{\textquoteright}s safety was associated with a lower PACER score. We identified several physical activity promoting parent practices as new home environment factors related to the preschool-aged children{\textquoteright}s locomotor development. Additional studies are needed to test new hypotheses generated from these data. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03261492 (date of registration 8/25/17)",
keywords = "Hispanic Americans, exercise, parenting, physical activity, social environment",
author = "Jacob Szeszulski and Elizabeth Lorenzo and Teresia O{\textquoteright}Connor and Hill, {Jennie L.} and Shaibi, {Gabriel Q.} and Buman, {Matthew P.} and Sonia Vega-L{\'o}pez and Hooker, {Steven P.} and Lee, {Rebecca E.}",
note = "Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/ or publication of this article: This research was supported by the National Institutes of Health through the National Institutes on Minority Health and Health Disparities cooperative agreement 5U01MD010667-03 awarded to Dr. Rebecca E. Lee, the National Institute of Nursing Research grant 1F31NR017560-01 awarded to Elizabeth Lorenzo, the National Cancer Institute/NIH Grant ? National Cancer Institute/NIH Grant T32/CA057712 awarded to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health Cancer Education and Career Development Program. Partial funding by the Michael Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living for Jacob Szeszulski, the Jonas Scholar Nurse Leader 2016-2018 Cohort awarded to Elizabeth Lorenzo, and a dissertation completion fellowship awarded by Arizona State University?s Graduate College to Jacob Szeszulski. Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/ or publication of this article: This research was supported by the National Institutes of Health through the National Institutes on Minority Health and Health Disparities cooperative agreement 5U01MD010667-03 awarded to Dr. Rebecca E. Lee, the National Institute of Nursing Research grant 1F31NR017560-01 awarded to Elizabeth Lorenzo, the National Cancer Institute/NIH Grant – National Cancer Institute/NIH Grant T32/CA057712 awarded to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health Cancer Education and Career Development Program. Partial funding by the Michael Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living for Jacob Szeszulski, the Jonas Scholar Nurse Leader 2016-2018 Cohort awarded to Elizabeth Lorenzo, and a dissertation completion fellowship awarded by Arizona State University{\textquoteright}s Graduate College to Jacob Szeszulski. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2020.",
year = "2021",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1177/0031512520980938",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "128",
pages = "649--671",
journal = "Perceptual and Motor Skills",
issn = "0031-5125",
publisher = "Ammons Scientific Ltd",
number = "2",
}