Psychometric properties of the movement assessment battery for children-checklist as a screening instrument for children with a developmental co-ordination disorder. Export

@article{citeulike:1058231, abstract = {BACKGROUND: The Checklist of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (M-ABC) 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.}, address = {Institute of Human Movement Science, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. M.M.Schoemaker@ppsw.rug.nl}, author = {Schoemaker, M. M. and Smits-Engelsman, B. C. and Jongmans, M. J.}, citeulike-article-id = {1058231}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14672152}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=14672152}, issn = {0007-0998}, journal = {Br J Educ Psychol}, keywords = {metax-1024}, month = {September}, number = {Pt 3}, pages = {425--441}, posted-at = {2007-01-21 17:49:49}, priority = {2}, title = {Psychometric properties of the movement assessment battery for children-checklist as a screening instrument for children with a developmental co-ordination disorder.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14672152}, volume = {73}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1058231 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1058231 N2 - BACKGROUND: The Checklist of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (M-ABC) 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. IS - Pt 3 JF - Br J Educ Psychol SN - 0007-0998 AD - Institute of Human Movement Science, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. M.M.Schoemaker@ppsw.rug.nl EP - 441 TI - Psychometric properties of the movement assessment battery for children-checklist as a screening instrument for children with a developmental co-ordination disorder. VL - 73 SP - 425 KW - metax-1024 AU - Schoemaker, MM AU - Smits-Engelsman, BC AU - Jongmans, MJ PY - 2003/09// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14672152 ER -