Relationship between Motor Skill Impairment and Severity in Children with Asperger Syndrome

Autor/inn/en	Hilton, Claudia; Wente, Lyndsay; LaVesser, Patricia; Ito, Max; Reed, Carol; Herzberg, Georgiana
Titel	Relationship between Motor Skill Impairment and Severity in Children with Asperger Syndrome
Quelle	In: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 1 (2007) 4, S.339-349 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1750-9467
DOI	10.1016/j.rasd.2006.12.003
Schlagwörter	Asperger Syndrome; Children; Psychomotor Skills; Severity (of Disability); Control Groups; Correlation; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asperger-Syndrom; Child; Kind; Kinder; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Schweregrad; Korrelation; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	This study examined the correlation between severity and motor impairment in children with Asperger syndrome (AS). Children, ages 6-12 with AS (N = 51) and a control group of typical children (N = 56), were assessed using the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) and the Movement Assessment Battery For Children (MABC). A bivariate correlational design was used to compare the scores (Spearman rank correlational coefficient). Significant differences were seen between typical, mild to moderate and severe categories of SRS scores, based on the Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of variance by ranks (p less than 0.05). Strong correlations were found between the MABC motor impairment levels and the SRS severity levels. This study adds a clearer understanding of the relationship between motor impairment and severity for children with AS. The degree of correlation indicates that motor skill impairment is a function of severity within AS. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10