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Nadia Cristina Valentini is affiliated with the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. Their research spans the intersection of medicine and psychology, with specific attention to developmental and educational psychology as well as pediatrics, perinatology, and child health. Their work frequently addresses issues related to children's physical and motor development, infant development and preterm care, inclusion and disability in education and sport, family and disability support research, child nutrition and feeding issues, breastfeeding practices and influences, and cerebral palsy and movement disorders.

The scientist's publication record includes recent papers such as "Through the Looking Glass: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Evidence, Providing New Insight for Motor Competence and Health" (2021, Sports Medicine), "Publishing child development research from around the world: An unfair playing field resulting in most of the world's child population under-represented in research" (2022, Infant and Child Development), "Motor Competence and Body Mass Index in the Preschool Years: A Pooled Cross-Sectional Analysis of 5545 Children from Eight Countries" (2023, Sports Medicine), "Neonatal Adverse Outcomes, Neonatal Birth Risks, and Socioeconomic Status: Combined Influence on Preterm Infants' Cognitive, Language, and Motor Development in Brazil" (2020, Journal of Child Neurology), and "Early Detection of Cognitive, Language, and Motor Delays for Low-Income Preterm Infants: A Brazilian Cohort Longitudinal Study on Infant Neurodevelopment and Maternal Practice" (2021, Frontiers in Psychology).

Frequent co-authors working alongside Nadia Cristina Valentini include Glauber Carvalho Nobre, Carolina Panceri, Rita C. Silveira, Renato S. Procianoy, and Larissa Wagner Zanella.

The most frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Revista fisio&terapia.
  • Journal of Motor Learning and Development
  • Sports Medicine

The main fields of study covered by Nadia Cristina Valentini are:

  • Medicine
  • Psychology

Key subfields within these domains include:

  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Education

The primary research topics of focus are:

  • Children's Physical and Motor Development
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
  • Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders

Best Publications

  • Motivational Climate, Motor-Skill Development, and Perceived Competence: Two Studies of Developmentally Delayed Kindergarten Children

    Nadia C. Valentini;Mary E. Rudisill

  • Through the Looking Glass: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Evidence, Providing New Insight for Motor Competence and Health

    Lisa M Barnett;E Kipling Webster;Ryan M Hulteen;An De Meester

  • Validity and reliability of the TGMD-2 for Brazilian children.

    Nadia Cristina Valentini

  • An Inclusive Mastery Climate Intervention and the Motor Skill Development of Children with and Without Disabilities

    Nadia Cristina Valentini;Mary E. Rudisill

  • Gender differences in Brazilian children's fundamental movement skill performance

    Barbara Coiro Spessato;Carl Gabbard;Nadia Valentini;Mary Rudisill

  • Movement assessment battery for children-2: translation, reliability, and validity for Brazilian children

    N.C. Valentini;M.H. Ramalho;M.A. Oliveira

  • Associations of biological factors and affordances in the home with infant motor development.

    Raquel Saccani;Nadia C Valentini;Keila Rg Pereira;Alessandra B Müller

  • Percepções de competência e desenvolvimento motor de meninos e meninas: um estudo transversal

    Nadia Cristina Valentini

  • Brazilian Validation of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale

    Nadia Cristina Valentini;Raquel Saccani

  • Body mass index, perceived and actual physical competence: the relationship among young children.

    B. C. Spessato;B. C. Spessato;C. Gabbard;L. Robinson;N. C. Valentini

  • Incorporating a Mastery Climate into Physical Education: It's Developmentally Appropriate!

    Nadia C. Valentini;Mary E. Rudisill;Jacqueline D. Goodway

  • Análise do desempenho motor de crianças participantes de um programa de atividades físicas - DOI: 10.4025/reveducfis.v20i2.6070

    Luciana Martins Brauner;Nadia Cristina Valentini

  • The Role of Motor Competence and Body Mass Index in Children's Activity Levels in Physical Education Classes.

    Barbara Coiro Spessato;Carl Gabbard;Nadia C. Valentini

  • Escala Motora Infantil de Alberta: validação para uma população gaúcha

    Nadia Cristina Valentini;Raquel Saccani

  • A INFLUÊNCIA DE FATORES AMBIENTAIS NO DESEMPENHO MOTOR E SOCIAL DE CRIANÇAS DA PERIFERIA DE PORTO ALEGRE

    Ricieli Zajonz;Alessandra Bombarda Müller;Nadia Cristina Valentini

  • Prevalência de déficits motores e desordem coordenativa desenvolvimental em crianças da região Sul do Brasil

    Nadia Cristina Valentini;Mônia Tainá C. Coutinho;Simone Maria Pansera;Viviane Aparecida P. dos Santos

  • A influência de um programa de intervenção motora no desempenho das habilidades locomotoras de crianças com idade entre 6 e 7 anos

    Rafael Kanitz Braga;Ruy Jornada Krebs;Nadia Cristina Valentini;Claudio Marcelo Tkac

  • Reference curves for the Brazilian Alberta Infant Motor Scale: percentiles for clinical description and follow-up over time

    Raquel Saccani;Nadia Cristina Valentini

  • Análise do desenvolvimento motor de crianças de zero a 18 meses de idade: representatividade dos ítens da Alberta Infant Motor Scale por faixa etária e postura

    Raquel Saccani;Nadia C. Valentini

  • Test of Gross Motor Development—Third Edition: Establishing Content and Construct Validity for Brazilian Children

    Nadia C. Valentini;Larissa W. Zanella;E. Kipling Webster

  • Validity and reliability of the TGMD-2 for South Korean children.

    Seonjin Kim;Min Joo Kim;Nadia C. Valentini;Jane E. Clark

  • New Brazilian developmental curves and reference values for the Alberta infant motor scale.

    Raquel Saccani;Nadia Cristina Valentini;Nadia Cristina Valentini;Keila R.G. Pereira

  • Körperkoordinationstest Für Kinder (KTK) for Brazilian Children and Adolescents: Factor Analysis, Invariance and Factor Score.

    João Paulo Abreu Moreira;Mariana Calábria Lopes;Marcio Vidigal Miranda-Júnior;Nadia Cristina Valentini

  • Fundamental Motor Skills Across Childhood: Age, Sex, and Competence Outcomes of Brazilian Children

    Nadia C. Valentini;Samuel W. Logan;Barbara C. Spessato;Mariele Santayana de Souza

Frequent Co-Authors

Lisa M. Barnett
Lisa M. Barnett Deakin University
Carl Gabbard
Carl Gabbard Texas A&M University
Jane E. Clark
Jane E. Clark University of Maryland, College Park
Maria Beatriz Martins Linhares
Maria Beatriz Martins Linhares Universidade de São Paulo
Matthieu Lenoir
Matthieu Lenoir Ghent University
Caterina Pesce
Caterina Pesce Sapienza University of Rome

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