Determinant Factors Affecting the Development of Motor, Cognitive and Socioemotional Children Ages 18–12 Months in the District Jeneponto, Indonesia

Malnutrition during pregnancy and early childhood causes delays in physical growth, the motor development, and cognitive development disorders.

This study aims to Determine the factors that influence motoric, cognitive and socio-emotional development of children aged 18–24 months in Jenepontodistric.

This study is an analytical study with cross-sectional approach. Samples consisted of 32 children aged 18–24 months. Child development was measured using the Caregiver Reported Early Childhood Development Index (CREDI) instrument. Statistical analysis to test the factors that influence motoric, cognitive and socioemotional development using an unpaired T-test with a significance level of 95%.

This study reported that of 32 children born to mothers aged 20–35 years (68.8%), <20 and> 35 years (31.3%) with a primary education level of 34.4% and 65.6% intermediate level. Bivariate analysis found that factors affecting the motor development were birth weight (p = 0.004), cognitive development influenced by maternal age (p = 0.021) and birth weight (p = 0.000) and socioemotional development influenced by maternal education (p = 0.050), breastfeeding (p = 0.010) and stimulation (p = 0.004).

The factors that influence motoric development are birth weight, cognitive development influenced by birth weight and maternal age, while maternal education, breast feeding, and stimulation Affect socioemotional development.