Cultural Influences on Typical Gross Motor Development in Early Childhood: A Scoping Review
Jessica A Silveira, Megan B Flores, Jessica Barreca, Rebecca C Hyde · 2026
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How children learn to walk, run, and climb depends in part on the culture around them. Jessica Silveira and co-authors map that evidence in a 2026 scoping review of gross motor development in children from birth to age five. Caregiving routines, parent beliefs, and the spaces children can move in all vary across cultures.
Searching seven databases for studies from 1994 to 2025, the team gathered 166 publications from more than eight thousand screened. They recorded how each study defined typical development, what it counted as culture, and which motor outcomes it measured. The review also lists the supports and barriers studies reported. Its aim is to show where the field agrees, where definitions drift, and what future studies should standardize.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jessica A Silveira, Megan B Flores, Jessica Barreca, Rebecca C Hyde |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 48 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |