Code
01D28522
Duration
01 October 2022 → 31 October 2022
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Health promotion and policy
- Human movement and sports sciences not elsewhere classified
Keywords
Toddlers
Motor competence (MC)
Motor development
Cognitive and socio-emotional development
Individual and environmental factors
Parents’ and daycare center caregivers’ perspective
Mixed-methods approach
Project description
MC is key for a healthy/active lifestyle, but hardly documented in 1- to 3-year-olds. Besides determining actual MC-levels in Flemish toddlers for developing up-to-date reference values, the variability of MC-trajectories will be linked to cognitive and socio-emotional functioning with identification of individual and environmental determinants. Parents’/(day)caregivers’ knowledge, perception and needs regarding the daily promotion of MC will also be investigated.