Do handwriting difficulties correlate with core symptomology, motor proficiency and attentional behaviours? Grace, Nicci, Enticott, Peter Gregory, Johnson, Beth Patricia and Rinehart, Nicole Joan 2017, Do handwriting difficulties correlate with core symptomology, motor proficiency and attentional behaviours?, Journal of autism and developmental disorders, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 1006-1017, doi: 10.1007/s10803-016-3019-7. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Do handwriting difficulties correlate with core symptomology, motor proficiency and attentional behaviours? Author(s) Grace, Nicci Enticott, Peter Gregory orcid.org/0000-0002-6638-951X Johnson, Beth Patricia Rinehart, Nicole Joan orcid.org/0000-0001-6109-3958 Journal name Journal of autism and developmental disorders Volume number 47 Issue number 4 Start page 1006 End page 1017 Total pages 12 Publisher Springer Science + Business Media Place of publication New York, N.Y. Publication date 2017-04 ISSN 1573-3432 Keyword(s) ADHD ASD attention handwriting motor proficiency Summary Handwriting is commonly identified as an area of weakness in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but precise deficits have not been fully characterised. Boys with ASD (n = 23) and matched controls (n = 20) aged 8-12 years completed a simple, digitised task to objectively assess handwriting performance using advanced descriptive measures. Moderate to large associations were identified between handwriting performance and attention, ASD symptoms and motor proficiency. The ASD group demonstrated significantly less smooth movements and significantly greater sizing variability and peak velocity relative to controls. These findings provide a clearer indication of the specific nature of handwriting impairments in children with ASD, and suggest a relationship with core clinical symptom severity, attention and motor behaviours. Language eng DOI 10.1007/s10803-016-3019-7 Field of Research 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified 13 Education 17 Psychology And Cognitive Sciences Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2017, Springer Science + Business Media Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30090639 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 18 Jan 2017, 07:30:51 EST Thu, 19 Jan 2017, 04:00:17 EST Thu, 19 Jan 2017, 07:25:46 EST Sat, 04 Feb 2017, 01:31:54 EST Fri, 07 Apr 2017, 06:04:06 EST Sat, 29 Apr 2017, 02:31:52 EST Wed, 07 Jun 2017, 10:02:44 EST Wed, 07 Jun 2017, 10:05:29 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 14 times in TR Web of Science Cited 17 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 491 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 18 Jan 2017, 07:30:51 EST

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