@article{ref1,
title="Peer problems mediate the relationship between developmental coordination disorder and behavioral problems in school-aged children",
journal="Research in developmental disabilities",
year="2012",
author="Wagner, Matthias Oliver and Bös, Klaus and Jascenoka, Julia and Jekauc, Darko and Petermann, Franz",
volume="33",
number="6",
pages="2072-2079",
abstract="The aim of this study was to gain insights into the relationship between developmental coordination disorder, peer problems, and behavioral problems in school-aged children where both internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems were considered. We assumed that the relationship between developmental coordination disorder and internalizing/externalizing problems in school-aged children is mediated by peer problems and tested the hypothesis that a greater degree of motor impairment causes a greater degree of peer problems and thus a greater degree of internalizing or externalizing problems. Seventy boys and girls aged between 5 and 11 years were examined using the Movement Assessment Battery for Children 2 and the Intelligence and Developmental Scales. The results of path analysis showed that the relationship between developmental coordination disorder and internalizing/externalizing problems in school-aged children is mediated at least in part by peer problems. However, the cross-sectional design of the study does not provide conclusive evidence for a cause-effect relationship and only allows for the conservative prognosis that a greater degree of motor impairment may cause a greater degree of peer problems and thus a greater degree of internalizing/externalizing problems. Nevertheless, the results of this study emphasize the importance of being well-integrated in their peer group especially for children with developmental coordination disorder.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0891-4222",
doi="10.1016/j.ridd.2012.05.012",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2012.05.012"
}