Effects of Parent-child Physical Activity Intervention on Gross Motor Skills among Preschoolers in China

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Jia, Z., Abdullah, B. Bin, Dev, R. D. O., & Samsudin, S. Bin. (2024). Effects of Parent-child Physical Activity Intervention on Gross Motor Skills among Preschoolers in China. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 14(5), 1279–1290.

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