%0 Journal Article
%T Aiming-Catching Skills, Manual Dexterity and Spatial Reasoning in Preschool Children: A Moderated Meditation Model
%A Dworska, Karolina
%A Romaneczko, Jakub
%J Psychologia Rozwojowa
%V 2022
%R 10.4467/20843879PR.22.024.18083
%N Tom 27, Numer 4
%P 57-69
%K cognitive development, motor skills, spatial reasoning, manual dexterity, aiming and catching skills
%@ 1895-6297
%D 2023
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/psychologia-rozwojowa/artykul/aiming-catching-skills-manual-dexterity-and-spatial-reasoning-in-preschool-children-a-moderated-meditation-model
%X 
	In the early years of life, motor skills contribute to the formation of cognitive skills. The aim o the present study (conducted in June 2021) was to determine mutual relationships between motor variables: aiming-catching as well as manual dexterity, and the cognitive variable of spatial reasoning. It was assumed that manual dexterity played a mediating role in the relationship between agility skills and spatial reasoning. A second aim of study was to test the assumption that age played a moderating role in the relationship between manual dexterity and spatial reasoning. The participants were Polish preschool children (N = 83), including 42 boys (100% white race of children from Eastern Poland). The results indicated that manual dexterity mediated the relationship between aiming-catching skills and spatial reasoning. Age as an important moderator of the relationship between manual dexterity and spatial reasoning.