Parental, prenatal, and neonatal associations with ball skills at age 8 using an exposome approach.
There is little consistency in the literature concerning factors that influence motor coordination in children. A hypothesis-free "exposome" approach was used with 7359 children using longitudinal information covering 3 generations in regard to throwing a ball accurately at age 7 years. The analyses showed an independent robust negative association with mother's unhappiness in her midchildhood (6-11 years). No such association was present for study fathers. The offspring of parents who described themselves as having poor eyesight had poorer ability. This hypothesis-free approach has identified a strong negative association with an unhappy childhood. Future studies of this cohort will be used to determine whether the mechanism is manifest through differing parenting skills, or a biological mechanism reflecting epigenetic effects.
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- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4388909 (OA Location)
- 10.1177/0883073814530501 (DOI)
- 24828115 (PubMed)