TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparing a parent-report and a performance-based measure of children's motor skill abilities: are they associated?
AU - Brown, George Theodore
AU - Lane, Haylee
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Both parent-report and performance-based assessment approaches are used in occupational therapy practice to gather information about children s motor skill abilities. This study investigated whether an association existed between the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency- 2(nd) edition (BOT-2), a performance-based motor-skill assessment and the Movement Assessment Battery for Children - 2(nd) edition (MABC-2) Checklist, a parent-report scale of children s motor abilities. A convenience sample of 50 typically developing children aged 7-16 years were recruited. Scores from the BOT-2 and MABC-2 Checklist were analyzed using Spearman s rho correlations and linear regression analyses with several significant correlations found. The following BOT-2 derived scores were correlated with the MABC-2 Checklist: (1) BOT-2 subscales of Fine Motor Precision (rho = .33, p <.05), Manual Dexterity (rho = .28, p <.05), and Upper-Limb Coordination (rho = .39, p <.05); (2) the BOT-2 motor composite areas of Fine Motor Control (rho = .30, p <.05), and Manual Coordination (rho = .33, p <.05); and (3) the BOT-2 Short Form total score (rho = .28, p <.05). Regression analysis indicated that the MABC-2 Checklist was significantly associated with the BOT-2 Fine Manual Control and Manual Coordination composite area scores.
AB - Both parent-report and performance-based assessment approaches are used in occupational therapy practice to gather information about children s motor skill abilities. This study investigated whether an association existed between the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency- 2(nd) edition (BOT-2), a performance-based motor-skill assessment and the Movement Assessment Battery for Children - 2(nd) edition (MABC-2) Checklist, a parent-report scale of children s motor abilities. A convenience sample of 50 typically developing children aged 7-16 years were recruited. Scores from the BOT-2 and MABC-2 Checklist were analyzed using Spearman s rho correlations and linear regression analyses with several significant correlations found. The following BOT-2 derived scores were correlated with the MABC-2 Checklist: (1) BOT-2 subscales of Fine Motor Precision (rho = .33, p <.05), Manual Dexterity (rho = .28, p <.05), and Upper-Limb Coordination (rho = .39, p <.05); (2) the BOT-2 motor composite areas of Fine Motor Control (rho = .30, p <.05), and Manual Coordination (rho = .33, p <.05); and (3) the BOT-2 Short Form total score (rho = .28, p <.05). Regression analysis indicated that the MABC-2 Checklist was significantly associated with the BOT-2 Fine Manual Control and Manual Coordination composite area scores.
UR - http://informahealthcare.com/doi/pdf/10.3109/07380577.2014.933381
U2 - 10.3109/07380577.2014.933381
DO - 10.3109/07380577.2014.933381
M3 - Article
SN - 0738-0577
VL - 28
SP - 371
EP - 381
JO - Occupational Therapy in Health Care
JF - Occupational Therapy in Health Care
IS - 4
ER -