Perceptions of Middle-Class Mothers of Their Children with Special Needs Participating in Motor and Sport Programs

Autor/inn/en	Roth, Dana; Rimmerman, Arie
Titel	Perceptions of Middle-Class Mothers of Their Children with Special Needs Participating in Motor and Sport Programs
Quelle	In: International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 32 (2009) 4, S.356-359 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0342-5282
DOI	10.1097/MRR.0b013e32832bb11e
Schlagwörter	Middle Class; Mothers; Social Behavior; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Parent Attitudes; Attitude Measures; Young Children; Age Differences; Educational Attainment; Child Development; Psychomotor Skills; Communication Skills; Cognitive Ability; Daily Living Skills; Classification; Physical Disabilities; Behavior Problems; Antisocial Behavior; Athletics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mittelschicht; Mother; Mutter; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Elternverhalten; Frühe Kindheit; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Kindesentwicklung; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Kommunikationsstil; Denkfähigkeit; Alltagsfertigkeit; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Physical handicap; Körperbehinderung; Leichtathletik
Abstract	This exploratory research studied middle-class mother's primary reason for registering their young children, mean age 6.9 years, in adapted motor and sports programs and their perceptions of their children upon entering the program and upon completion. Analyses also examined the possible relationship between mothers' age, education or children's age with their perceived favorable changes in the children's development. Fifty-one mothers participated in the study. The mothers completed a survey examining their perceptions of their children's developmental function along seven domains: understanding direction, communication, general physical functioning, fine motor skills, activities of daily living, vigilance and attention, and social behavior. The children were categorized by primary reason of referral to three categories: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, motor difficulties, and social/behavioral difficulties. Findings suggest that middle-class mothers showed awareness and understanding of their children's needs by identifying the general physical function as the desirable domain to be addressed by the motor group, vigilance and attention as associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and understanding directions and communication as the desirable domain by the social/behavioral group. The findings are discussed in terms of the complexity of mother's perception of their children participating in sports and motor programs as relating to the different domains as well as to their perceived needs of their children. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10