@article{ref1,
title="Aggressive interactions during free-play at preschool of children with and without developmental coordination disorder",
journal="Research in developmental disabilities",
year="2013",
author="Kennedy-Behr, A. and Rodger, S. and Mickan, S.",
volume="34",
number="9",
pages="2831-2837",
abstract="This aim of this study was to investigate an unexpected finding from a larger study examining the play of preschool children with and without developmental coordination disorder (DCD). We found that children with DCD were more frequently involved in aggressive incidents during free-play than their peers. Children with (n=32) and without DCD (n=31) were videotaped during free-play at preschool and their play was assessed using the Play Observation Scale. A post hoc analysis was conducted using a specifically developed rating instrument to examine the aggressive incidents captured on video. Videos from 18 children with DCD and 8 typically developing children without DCD were found to contain aggressive incidents. Children with DCD were significantly more often involved as both aggressor (p=.016) and victim (p=.008) than children without DCD (p=.031). This is the first study to identify victimization and aggression as being problematic for children with DCD as young as 4 years of age and needs replication. Given the negative consequences of involvement in aggression and victimization, play-based early intervention focusing on prevention needs to be developed and implemented.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0891-4222",
doi="10.1016/j.ridd.2013.05.033",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2013.05.033"
}