Peer Problems Mediate the Relationship between Developmental Coordination Disorder and Behavioral Problems in School-Aged Children

Autor/inn/en	Wagner, Matthias Oliver; Bos, Klaus; Jascenoka, Julia; Jekauc, Darko; Petermann, Franz
Titel	Peer Problems Mediate the Relationship between Developmental Coordination Disorder and Behavioral Problems in School-Aged Children
Quelle	In: Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 33 (2012) 6, S.2072-2079 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0891-4222
DOI	10.1016/j.ridd.2012.05.012
Schlagwörter	Developmental Disabilities; Perceptual Motor Coordination; Behavior Problems; Peer Relationship; Children; Antisocial Behavior; Self Destructive Behavior; Path Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Entwicklungsstörung; Körperkoordination; Peer-Beziehungen; Child; Kind; Kinder; Self destrucive behaviour; Selbstzerstörung; Pfadanalyse
Abstract	The aim of this study was to gain insights into the relationship between developmental coordination disorder, peer problems, and behavioral problems in school-aged children where both internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems were considered. We assumed that the relationship between developmental coordination disorder and internalizing/externalizing problems in school-aged children is mediated by peer problems and tested the hypothesis that a greater degree of motor impairment causes a greater degree of peer problems and thus a greater degree of internalizing or externalizing problems. Seventy boys and girls aged between 5 and 11 years were examined using the "Movement Assessment Battery for Children 2" and the "Intelligence and Developmental Scales". The results of path analysis showed that the relationship between developmental coordination disorder and internalizing/externalizing problems in school-aged children is mediated at least in part by peer problems. However, the cross-sectional design of the study does not provide conclusive evidence for a cause-effect relationship and only allows for the conservative prognosis that a greater degree of motor impairment may cause a greater degree of peer problems and thus a greater degree of internalizing/externalizing problems. Nevertheless, the results of this study emphasize the importance of being well-integrated in their peer group especially for children with developmental coordination disorder. (Contains 3 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10