The impact of a music enrichment program during infancy and early toddlerhood on effortful control at age 3 : A preliminary investigation

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Effortful control (EC), a self-regulation skill, is associated with long-term developmental outcomes. Music has been associated with infant self-regulation and may be an intervention strategy for enhancing EC during toddlerhood. This investigation included 32 parent-child dyads from a previously conducted randomized controlled trial (RCT). Participants (9-15-months old at baseline) attended either a music enrichment program or a playdate control once a week for 1 year and monthly for an additional year. At age 3, participants completed snack and gift delay effortful control tasks. Groups were compared using one-way ANOVA. We found that participants in the music group had a significantly higher score during snack delay (music mean = 3.47 ± 0.94; control mean = 2.45 ± 1.51; p = 0.03; Cohen's d = 0.84). We did not find a significant group difference for latency to peek (music mean = 39.10 ± 20.10; control mean = 30.90 ± 19.88; p = 0.25; d = 0.57) or latency to touch (music mean = 105.73 ± 417.69; control mean = 98.35 ± 28.84; p = 0.38; d = 0.29) for the gift task. This study provides initial evidence that early participation in a music enrichment program may benefit later development of EC. This study is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02936284).

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

Infancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant Studies - 29(2024), 1 vom: 23. Jan., Seite 72-79

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Smith, Amy R [VerfasserIn]
McGregor, Casey M [VerfasserIn]
Carr, Katelyn [VerfasserIn]
Epstein, Leonard H [VerfasserIn]
Serwatka, Catherine [VerfasserIn]
Paluch, Rocco [VerfasserIn]
Piazza, Jacqueline [VerfasserIn]
Shisler, Shannon [VerfasserIn]
Kong, Kai Ling [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial

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Date Completed 28.12.2023

Date Revised 24.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02936284

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/infa.12563

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36316605X