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Memory and potential correlates among children in Jordan

BACKGROUND: Cognitive functioning hugely affects the performance of tasks of different complexity. Memory, one of the most important cognitive skills, allows children to practice and acquire necessary skills and knowledge and interact with the surrounding environment. Therefore, it is crucial to stu...

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Autores principales: Almomani, Fidaa, Al-sheyab, Nihaya A., Al-momani, Murad O., Alqhazo, Mazin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5948811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29751832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-018-1727-6
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author Almomani, Fidaa
Al-sheyab, Nihaya A.
Al-momani, Murad O.
Alqhazo, Mazin
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description BACKGROUND: Cognitive functioning hugely affects the performance of tasks of different complexity. Memory, one of the most important cognitive skills, allows children to practice and acquire necessary skills and knowledge and interact with the surrounding environment. Therefore, it is crucial to study the factors that influence the memory of children. The main purpose of his study was to investigate different variables related to memory in school aged children (5–9 years, N = 434). METHODS: Parents of the participants provided information about child’s daily behavior, child’s school academic achievement, work and family income data and demographics. Memory skills in children were assessed by using the Leiter International Performance Scale -Revised. RESULTS: The score of memory increased 2.53 points with upsurge in maternal occupation level, 3.08 points when the child ate breakfast and 4.51 points when the child daily slept nine hours and more. By contrast, increased family income and smoking by father resulted in decreased scores in memory. CONCLUSION: Screening for and understanding of memory and relevant factors are vital for broad understanding of children’s capabilities and weaknesses as well as for developing appropriate interventions.
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spelling pubmed-59488112018-05-18 Memory and potential correlates among children in Jordan Almomani, Fidaa Al-sheyab, Nihaya A. Al-momani, Murad O. Alqhazo, Mazin BMC Psychiatry Research Article BACKGROUND: Cognitive functioning hugely affects the performance of tasks of different complexity. Memory, one of the most important cognitive skills, allows children to practice and acquire necessary skills and knowledge and interact with the surrounding environment. Therefore, it is crucial to study the factors that influence the memory of children. The main purpose of his study was to investigate different variables related to memory in school aged children (5–9 years, N = 434). METHODS: Parents of the participants provided information about child’s daily behavior, child’s school academic achievement, work and family income data and demographics. Memory skills in children were assessed by using the Leiter International Performance Scale -Revised. RESULTS: The score of memory increased 2.53 points with upsurge in maternal occupation level, 3.08 points when the child ate breakfast and 4.51 points when the child daily slept nine hours and more. By contrast, increased family income and smoking by father resulted in decreased scores in memory. CONCLUSION: Screening for and understanding of memory and relevant factors are vital for broad understanding of children’s capabilities and weaknesses as well as for developing appropriate interventions. BioMed Central 2018-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5948811/ /pubmed/29751832 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-018-1727-6 Text en © The Author(s). 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Memory and potential correlates among children in Jordan
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title_short Memory and potential correlates among children in Jordan
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5948811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29751832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-018-1727-6
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