Title of article
Relationship between Mastery Motivation and Sensory Processing Difficulties in South Korean Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder
Author/Authors
Kim , Hee Young Department of Occupational Therapy - Honam University , Republic of Korea
Pages
9
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1
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9
Abstract
TheaimofthisstudywastoidentifythecorrelationbetweenmasterymotivationandsensoryprocessingdifficultiesamongSouth
Koreanchildrenwithdevelopmentalcoordinationdisorder(DCD).Ninety-ninechildrenaged4–7yearswithDCDparticipated.
TheDimensionsofMasteryQuestionnairewasusedtoassessthemasterymotivationofthechildren,andtheShortSensory
Profilewasusedtoassessthechildren’ssensoryprocessingdifficulties.Allsubjectsshowedlowermasterymotivationand
definitedifferencesinsensoryprocessing.Masterymotivationwassignificantlycorrelatedwithsensoryprocessing(r=−0:34,
p=0:01).Masterymotivationpredicted41.1%ofthesensoryprocessing.Inparticular,anegativereactiontofailureinmastery
situationsscale(p<0:01)andgeneralcompetencecomparedtopeersscale(p<0:05)inmasterymotivationweresignificant
predictors.Thisstudyindicatedthatsensoryprocessingdifficultiesandlackofmasterymotivationwereidentifiedamong
childrenwithDCDinSouthKorea.Andthechildrenwithhighmasterymotivationshowlessdifficultyinsensoryprocessing.It
issuggestedtodeveloppossiblesolutionforhighermasterymotivationtoimprovesensoryprocessingofthechildrenwithDCD
inSouthKorea
Keywords
Relationship , Mastery Motivation , Sensory Processing Difficulties , South Korean Children , Developmental Coordination Disorder , DCD
Journal title
Occupational Therapy International
Serial Year
2020
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2615853
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