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Psychometric Properties of Screening Questionnaires for Children With Handwriting Issues

ŠAFÁROVÁ, K. MEKYSKA, J. ZVONČÁK, V. GALÁŽ, Z. FRANCOVÁ, P. ČECHOVÁ, B. LOSENICKÁ, B. SMÉKAL, Z. URBÁNEK, T. HAVIGEROVÁ, J.M. ROSENBLUM, S.

Originální název

Psychometric Properties of Screening Questionnaires for Children With Handwriting Issues

Typ

článek v časopise ve Web of Science, Jimp

Jazyk

angličtina

Originální abstrakt

Dysgraphia (D) is a complex specific learning disorder with a prevalence of up to 30%, which is linked with handwriting issues. The factors recognized for assessing these issues are legibility and performance time. Two questionnaires, the Handwriting Proficiency Screening Questionnaire (HPSQ) for teachers and its modification for children (HPSQ-C), were established as quick and valid screening tools along with a third factor – emotional and physical well-being. Until now, in the Czechia, there has been no validated screening tool for D diagnosis. A study was conducted on a set of 294 children from 3rd and 4th year of primary school (132 girls/162 boys; Mage 8.96 ± 0.73) and 21 teachers who spent most of their time with them. Confirmatory factor analysis based on the theoretical background showed poor fit for HPSQ [χ2(32) = 115.07, p < 0.001; comparative fit index (CFI) = 0.95; Tucker–Lewis index (TLI) = 0.93; root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) = 0.09; standard root mean square residual (SRMR) = 0.05] and excellent fit for HPSQ-C [χ2(32) = 31.12, p = 0.51; CFI = 1.0; TLI = 1.0; RMSEA = 0.0; SRMR = 0.04]. For the HPSQ-C models, there were no differences between boys and girls [Δχ2(7) = 12.55, p = 0.08]. Values of McDonalds’s ω indicate excellent (HPSQ, ω = 0.9) and acceptable (HPSQ-C, ω = 0.7) reliability. Boys were assessed as worse writers than girls based on the results of both questionnaires. The grades positively correlate with the total scores of both HPSQ (r = 0.54, p < 0.01) and HPSQ-C (r = 0.28, p < 0.01). Based on the results, for the assessment of handwriting difficulties experienced by Czech children, we recommend using the HPSQ-C questionnaire for research purposes.

Klíčová slova

developmental dysgraphia; reliability; validity; HPSQ; HPSQ-C

Autoři

ŠAFÁROVÁ, K.; MEKYSKA, J.; ZVONČÁK, V.; GALÁŽ, Z.; FRANCOVÁ, P.; ČECHOVÁ, B.; LOSENICKÁ, B.; SMÉKAL, Z.; URBÁNEK, T.; HAVIGEROVÁ, J.M.; ROSENBLUM, S.

Vydáno

21. 1. 2020

ISSN

1664-1078

Periodikum

Frontiers in Psychology

Ročník

10

Číslo

2937

Stát

Švýcarská konfederace

Strany od

1

Strany do

12

Strany počet

12

URL

https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02937

BibTex

@article{BUT161641,
  author="ŠAFÁROVÁ, K. and MEKYSKA, J. and ZVONČÁK, V. and GALÁŽ, Z. and FRANCOVÁ, P. and ČECHOVÁ, B. and LOSENICKÁ, B. and SMÉKAL, Z. and URBÁNEK, T. and HAVIGEROVÁ, J.M. and ROSENBLUM, S.",
  title="Psychometric Properties of Screening Questionnaires for Children With Handwriting Issues",
  journal="Frontiers in Psychology",
  year="2020",
  volume="10",
  number="2937",
  pages="1--12",
  doi="10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02937",
  issn="1664-1078",
  url="https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02937"
}