دورية أكاديمية
Direct and Indirect Effects of Mother's Spatial Ability on Child's Spatial Ability: What Role Does the Home Environment Play?
| العنوان: | Direct and Indirect Effects of Mother's Spatial Ability on Child's Spatial Ability: What Role Does the Home Environment Play? |
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| اللغة: | English |
| المؤلفون: | Nelcida L. Garcia-Sanchez, Anthony Steven Dick, Timothy Hayes, Shannon M. Pruden |
| المصدر: | Developmental Science. 2024 27(4). |
| الإتاحة: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 15 |
| تاريخ النشر: | 2024 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Spatial Ability, Mothers, Ability, Parent Influence, Individual Characteristics, Family Environment, Predictor Variables, Parent Background, Cognitive Tests, Visualization, Verbal Ability, Intelligence Tests, Vocabulary, Play, Correlation |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Vandenberg Mental Rotations Test, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test |
| DOI: | 10.1111/desc.13480 |
| تدمد: | 1363-755X 1467-7687 |
| مستخلص: | Individual differences in spatial thinking are predictive of children's math and science achievement and later entry into Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Little is known about whether parent characteristics predict individual differences in children's spatial thinking. This study aims to understand whether, and to what extent, mother's intrinsic (i.e., mental rotation) and extrinsic (i.e., spatial scaling) spatial ability directly and indirectly, via the variation in home spatial environment, predicts children's intrinsic and extrinsic spatial ability. A total of 165 mothers and their 4-6-year-old children were recruited to participate in a remote video session with an experimenter. Mothers were administered a forced-choice "Intrinsic Spatial Toy Preference Task" gauging their preference for highly spatial versus less spatial toys and asked questions with the "Home Intrinsic Spatial Environmental Questionnaire" about the frequency with which they engage their child in spatial activities at home. Mothers completed a "Mental Rotations Test" and a "Spatial Scaling Task" adapted for adults. Children were administered the "Picture Rotation Task," the "Spatial Scaling Task," and the "Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test." Structural equation modeling was used to examine direct and indirect, via home spatial environment and toy choices, influences of mother spatial ability on child spatial ability. Contrary to our predictions, we did not find direct, nor indirect, relations between mother and child spatial ability. These findings suggest that researchers should consider alternative conceptualizations of the early home spatial environment beyond the frequency of spatial play in the home. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | EJ1427637 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | ERIC |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 1363-755X 1467-7687 |
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| DOI: | 10.1111/desc.13480 |