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
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
