ERIC Number: EJ1363267
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 25
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ISSN: ISSN-1740-5629
EISSN: EISSN-1740-5610
Developmental Changes in Infants' Object Interactions across the Transitional Period from Crawling to Walking
European Journal of Developmental Psychology, v18 n4 p520-544 2021
This longitudinal study aimed to investigate infants' spontaneous object interactions during naturalistic longitudinal observations in a day care centre in Japan. Infants' and caregivers' interactions during free play time were videotaped. The main focus related to how infants' object interactions changed during locomotor development. Observations showed that all nine infants gradually acquired their locomotor skills, they spent about 50% of their time in contact with objects and as infants developed, they more frequently travelled to objects and carried them and their locomotion became less destination-directed. Constantly-oriented travelling episodes became less frequent, and object-carrying behaviours without explicit destinations became more frequent. The results suggested that these changes were due to infants' posture, not their locomotor status.
Descriptors: Infants, Psychomotor Skills, Child Care Centers, Video Technology, Longitudinal Studies, Foreign Countries, Play, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development, Motor Development, Physical Activities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Japan
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