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Validation of a Questionnaire to Measure Mastery Motivation among Chinese Preschool Children
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Leung, Cynthia; Lo, S. K. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
The aim of this study was to validate a questionnaire on mastery motivation (task and effort) for use with Chinese preschool children in Hong Kong. A parent version and a teacher version were developed and evaluated. Participants included 457 children (230 boys and 227 girls) aged four and five years old, their preschool teachers and their…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Foreign Countries, Developmental Disabilities, Parents
Child's Positive and Negative Impacts on Parents--A Person-Oriented Approach to Understanding Temperament in Preschool Children with Intellectual Disabilities
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Bostrom, P. K.; Broberg, M.; Bodin, L. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Background: Despite previous efforts to understand temperament in children with intellectual disability (ID), and how child temperament may affect parents, the approach has so far been unidimensional. Child temperament has been considered in relation to diagnosis, with the inherent risk of overlooking individual variation of children's temperament…
Descriptors: Mothers, Mental Retardation, Preschool Children, Parent Child Relationship
An Ecological Approach of Constraint Induced Movement Therapy for 2-3-Year-Old Children: A Randomized Control Trial
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Eliasson, Ann-Christin; Shaw, Karin; Berg, Elisabeth; Krumlinde-Sundholm, Lena – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The aim was to evaluate the effect of Eco-CIMT in young children with unilateral cerebral palsy in a randomized controlled crossover design. The training was implemented within the regular pediatric services, provided by the child's parents and/or preschool teacher and supervised by the child's regular therapist. Methods: Twenty-five children…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Holistic Approach, Preschool Teachers, Teaching Methods
Development of the Little Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire for Preschoolers and Preliminary Evidence of Its Psychometric Properties in Israel
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Rihtman, Tanya; Wilson, Brenda N.; Parush, Shula – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Purpose: The early identification of motor coordination challenges before school age may enable close monitoring of a child's development and perhaps ameliorate some of the social, psychological and behavioral sequela that often accompany unrecognized Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). The purpose of this study was to develop and assess…
Descriptors: Evidence, Control Groups, Research Tools, Content Validity
Relationship of Preschool Special Education Outcomes to Instructional Practices and Parent-Child Interaction
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Mahoney, Gerald; Wheeden, C. Abigail; Perales, Frida – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
Developmental outcomes attained by children receiving preschool special education services in relationship to both the general instructional approach used by their teachers and their parents' style of interaction were examined. The sample included 70 children from 41 Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) classrooms. The type of instructional…
Descriptors: Special Education, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Child Development
Compulsive Behavior in Prader-Willi Syndrome: Examining Severity in Early Childhood
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Dimitropoulos, A.; Blackford, J.; Walden, T.; Thompson, T. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2006
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic disorder characterized by hyperphagia and food preoccupations. Researchers indicate that individuals with PWS, including young children, exhibit food and non-food-related compulsions. Normative rituals are also often present among typically developing preschoolers. However, it is unclear how these behaviors…
Descriptors: Severity (of Disability), Questionnaires, Developmental Delays, Preschool Children