Gross motor performance and self-perceived motor competence in children with emotional, behavioural, and pervasive developmental disorders: A review

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 501-517

  Emck, Claudia ^a   Bosscher, Ruud ^a   Beek, Peter ^a   Doreleijers, Theo ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 67149106022     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03337.x     Document Type: Review

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