Body Awareness in Children with Mental Retardation
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| Title: | Body Awareness in Children with Mental Retardation |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Simons, Johan, Dedroog, Inge |
| Source: | Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal. Nov-Dec 2009 30(6):1343-1353. |
| Availability: | Elsevier. 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, FL 32887-4800. Tel: 877-839-7126; Tel: 407-345-4020; Fax: 407-363-1354; e-mail: usjcs@elsevier.com; Web site: http://www.elsevier.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
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| Page Count: | 11 |
| Publication Date: | 2009 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Mental Retardation, Down Syndrome, Vocabulary Skills, Human Body, Self Concept, Children, Toddlers, Nonverbal Communication, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Gender Differences, Receptive Language, Child Language, Expressive Language |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ridd.2009.06.001 |
| ISSN: | 0891-4222 |
| Abstract: | The body awareness of 124 toddlers with mental retardation and of 124 children developing normally matched to them on age and gender was examined. Twenty-nine of the children with mental retardation were diagnosed as Down syndrome (DS). The "Pointing and Naming" Test of Berges and Lezine [Berges, J., & Lezine, I. (1978). "Test d'imitation de gestes [Imitation test of gestures"] (2nd ed.). Paris: Masson] was used to measure vocabulary skills on body parts. Results indicated that (a) the test used is reliable in terms of internal consistency; (b) children developing normally performed better than children with mental retardation on this test; (c) there were no significant differences in performance on this test between genders for the whole group; (d) children with DS performed as well as children with mental retardation of unknown origin on receptive vocabulary. On expressive vocabulary, they performed worse. (Contains 4 tables.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2009 |
| Accession Number: | EJ854685 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The body awareness of 124 toddlers with mental retardation and of 124 children developing normally matched to them on age and gender was examined. Twenty-nine of the children with mental retardation were diagnosed as Down syndrome (DS). The "Pointing and Naming" Test of Berges and Lezine [Berges, J., & Lezine, I. (1978). "Test d'imitation de gestes [Imitation test of gestures"] (2nd ed.). Paris: Masson] was used to measure vocabulary skills on body parts. Results indicated that (a) the test used is reliable in terms of internal consistency; (b) children developing normally performed better than children with mental retardation on this test; (c) there were no significant differences in performance on this test between genders for the whole group; (d) children with DS performed as well as children with mental retardation of unknown origin on receptive vocabulary. On expressive vocabulary, they performed worse. (Contains 4 tables.) |
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| ISSN: | 0891-4222 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ridd.2009.06.001 |
