Journal article
Aggressive interactions during free-play at preschool of children with and without developmental coordination disorder
Research in Developmental Disabilities, Vol.34(9), pp.2831-2837
2013
Abstract
This aim of this study was to investigate an unexpected finding from a larger study examining the play of preschool children with and without developmental coordination disorder (DCD). We found that children with DCD were more frequently involved in aggressive incidents during free-play than their peers. Children with (n = 32) and without DCD (n = 31) were videotaped during free-play at preschool and their play was assessed using the Play Observation Scale. A post hoc analysis was conducted using a specifically developed rating instrument to examine the aggressive incidents captured on video. Videos from 18 children with DCD and 8 typically developing children without DCD were found to contain aggressive incidents. Children with DCD were significantly more often involved as both aggressor (p = .016) and victim (p = .008) than children without DCD (p = .031). This is the first study to identify victimization and aggression as being problematic for children with DCD as young as 4 years of age and needs replication. Given the negative consequences of involvement in aggression and victimization, play-based early intervention focusing on prevention needs to be developed and implemented.
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- Title
- Aggressive interactions during free-play at preschool of children with and without developmental coordination disorder
- Authors
- Ann Kennedy-Behr (Author) - University of QueenslandSylvia Rodger (Author) - University of QueenslandSharon Mickan (Author) - University of Oxford, United Kingdom
- Publication details
- Research in Developmental Disabilities, Vol.34(9), pp.2831-2837
- Publisher
- Pergamon
- Date published
- 2013
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.05.033
- ISSN
- 0891-4222
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99448903602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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