Compression of Cognitive Flexibility and Adjustment of Students

Objectives: The aim of this research was to compare cognitive flexibility and adjustment between two groups of students with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and typically developing students (TDS). Method: Fifty students with DCD and 50 TDS were chosen from 12 primary schools. The Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire (DCD-Q), Adjustment Inventory for School Students (AISS) and Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) were used to measure the research variables. Results: The results of the multivariate analysis of variance (M-ANOVA) showed that the mean scores of cognitive flexibility, emotional, educational and social adjustment were significantly higher in the students with DCD (P < 001). The results of multivariate regression analysis also showed that a 25% variance in cognitive flexibility and adjustment that can explain the variance of DCD in people with such a disorder (p < .001). Conclusions: The results of the present study provide further evidence on low cognitive flexibility and adjustment observed in students with DCD.