Citation

Merriman WJ, Barnett BE. Percept. Mot. Skills 1995; 81(3): 1211-1216.

Affiliation

Manhattan College, Riverdale, New York 10471, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8684915

Abstract

This study was undertaken to explore the relationship between language skills and gross-motor skills of 28 preschool children from two private preschools in New York City. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients were calculated for language (revised Preschool Language Scale) and gross motor (Test of Gross Motor Development) scores. Locomotor skills were significantly related to both auditory comprehension and verbal ability while object control scores did not correlate significantly with either language score. These results were discussed in terms of previous research and with reference to dynamical systems theory. Suggestions for research were made.

Language: en