Psychometric properties of the movement assessment battery for children-checklist as a screening instrument for children with a developmental co-ordination disorder
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Background: The Checklist of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC) was developed to screen children for movement difficulties in the school situation. However, the psychometric properties of the Checklist have not been investigated in detail. Aim: The psychometric properties of the M‐ABC Checklist were investigated including its usefulness as a screening instrument. Samples: A group of 120 children, 6 to 11 years old, randomly selected from mainstream schools and a group of 64 children, 6 to 9 years old, referred for assessment of their motor functioning. Methods: A reliability analysis was performed to investigate whether the 48 items of the Checklist measure the same construct. Construct validity was investigated by means of a factor analysis. And lastly, the sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive value of the Checklist were investigated by comparing the performance of children on both the Test and Checklist of the M‐ABC. Results: The items of the Checklist measure the same construct. Seven factors were obtained after factor analysis, revealing that the Checklist measures a broad range of motor skills. The Checklist met the standards for sensitivity in all age groups, except in the 8‐year‐old group, where too many children with motor problems were not detected. With the exception of the 6‐year‐old children, specificity was poor. The positive predictive value was acceptable, except for the 7‐year‐old children. Conclusion: the Checklist proved to meet standards for reliability and most aspects of validity. Its use by teachers for screening children with movement difficulties can be recommended.
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The Motor Assessment Battery for Children-2 checklist was developed to screen 5- to 13-year-old children in primary education for motor difficulties.
“Parents were asked to complete the Motor Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) checklist, developed to screen 5- to 13-year-old children in primary education for motor difficulties (19).”
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The Background (p. 2) says the M-ABC Checklist was developed to screen children for movement difficulties in schools. But the instrument described is the original M-ABC Checklist, not the MABC-2 checklist; the paper describes its items as covering children aged 4–12, not 5–13 (p. 3). (LLM, conf=0.90)
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- Authors
- Schoemaker, M. M., Smits‐Engelsman, B. C. M., & Jongmans, M. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Schoemaker, Marina M.
- Venue
- British Journal of Educational Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2003-09
- Volume
- 73
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 425-441
- ISSN
- 0007-0998 (ISSN-L)
- 2044-8279
- OpenAlex
- W2069559194
- Cited by
- 81
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 6.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- pure.rug.nl
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- Locations
- British Journal of Educational Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Keywords
- Movement Assessment Battery for Children, developmental coordination disorder, motor screening, psychometric properties, reliability statistics, construct validity, sensitivity and specificity, positive predictive value, elementary school students, motor difficulties
- MeSH terms
- Child, Developmental Disabilities, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Male, Mass Screening, Movement, Psychometrics, Reproducibility of Results, Motor Skills Disorders
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