Factor structure of four visual-motor instruments commonly used to evaluate school-age children

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 710-723

  Brown, Ted ^a   Unsworth, Carolyn ^b   Lyons, Carissa ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child development; Motor skills; Psychomotor disorders; Psychomotor performance; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 75449093085     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.63.6.710     Document Type: Article

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