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    The Effects of Perceived Social Support and Self-worth on Depressive Symptomatology in Children with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)

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    Authors
    Francis, Mona
    Piek, Jan
    Date
    2003
    Type
    Conference Paper
    
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    Francis, M and Piek, J. 2003. : The Effects of Perceived Social Support and Self-worth on Depressive Symptomatology in Children with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), 38th APS Annual Conference, 2 - 5 October 2003, pp. 70-74. Perth Western Australia: The Australian Psychological Society Ltd.
    Source Title
    Proceedings of the 38th APS Annual Conference
    Source Conference
    38th APS Annual Conference
    Faculty
    Research Centre for Applied Psychology
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34362
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Halter's (1987) model of the relatioship between self worth and depression was utilised in the present study as a basis for investigating the unique impact that self- perceptions of competency and perceived social support have on the level of self worth and depressive symptomatology perceived by school-age children with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD: American Psychiatric Association, 1994).Forty girls and forty two boys, assigned to matched pairs, were assessed on their level of motor coordination using the McCarron Assessment of Neuromuscular Development (MAND) (McCarron, 1997), their level of perceived social support using the Social Support Scale for Children(SSSC) (Harter, l985a), the nature of their self- perceptions, including self-worth,by the Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC) (Harter, 1985b),and their perceived level of depressive symptomatology using the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) (Kovacs, 1992). The findings of the research indicate that children with DCD perceived higher levels of depressive symptomatology when compared to children without motor coordination problems. The implications of these findings are discussed with particular emphasis placed on possible factors that could be incorporated into early intervention strategies aimed at preventing depressive symptomatology from occurring in young children with DCD.

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