Gender differences in developmental delay among of 6-10 years old children

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Nigam Rani (Department of Human Development, Krishna Collage of Science and Technology, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh)
Shanti Balda (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, I.C. College of Home Science, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana)

The present study was carried out in two cultural zones (Khadar & Mewat) of Haryana state. Two hundred children in the age group of 6-10 years from two cultural zones were assessed for their developmental level in gross and fine motor, cognitive, language, social and emotional domains. A checklist was prepared to assess developmental level children. Results revealed no significant differences between developmental status of boys and girls for gross-motor (t=2.29), fine-motor (t=0.12), cognitive (0.12), language (t=0.57), social (t=0.48), emotional (t=0.59) and overall development (t=1.51) of boys and girls. From Khadar zone, results depicted that for gross-motor (t=0.19), fine-motor (t=0.00), cognitive (t=0.00), language (t=0.93), social (t=0.29), emotional (t=0.00) and overall development (t=0.48) of boys and girls were not different. Similarly in Mewat cultural zone, results revealed that there was no difference in developmental status of boys and girls with delayed milestones. Independent sample t-values for gross-motor (t=2.89), fine-motor (t=0.17), cognitive (t=0.17), language (t=0.22), social (t=0.44), emotional (t=0.76) and overall development (t=1.73) were not found to be significant.

Keywords: developmental delay, gross and fine motor, cognitive, language, social, emotional domains children

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15614/IJHW.v11i01.2