Handwriting Difficulties: Introducing an Instrument

Objectives: The main purpose of this study is to produce an instrument for handwriting evaluation and to execute it on mentally retarded (MR) students. Methods: This was a descriptive, cross-sectional, and relationship study. 126 MR students (53 girls and 73 boys) ranging from 9 to 19 years old (13....

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Published in:Iranian rehabilitation journal 2008-09, Vol.6 (1), p.39-46
Main Authors: Fatemeh Hadavandkhani, Hadi Bahrami, Fatemeh Behnia, Mozhgan Farahbod, Masood Salehi
Format: Article
Language:English
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Handwriting evaluation
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Mentally Retarded (MR) student
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Summary:Objectives: The main purpose of this study is to produce an instrument for handwriting evaluation and to execute it on mentally retarded (MR) students. Methods: This was a descriptive, cross-sectional, and relationship study. 126 MR students (53 girls and 73 boys) ranging from 9 to 19 years old (13.23±2.17) from two exceptional children schools in shahr-e-rey participated in this study. A handwriting checklist made by the researcher was executed on all students. Data were analyzed by U-Mann whitney, one-way ANOVA, and Spearman rank correlation. Results: The test showed there isn't a significant relationship between handwriting and laterality (P=0.196), sex (P=0.487) and age (P=0.449). There is a significant relationship between handwriting and grade (r=0.448, P
ISSN:1735-3602
1735-3610