Motor disorder and anxious and depressive symptomatology: A monozygotic co-twin control approach

Pearsall-Jones, Jillian G.; Piek, Jan P.; Rigoli, Daniela; Martin, Neilson; Lévy, Florence

doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2011.01.042

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“…Small non-shared environmental correlations point to environment pathways shared between coordination difficulties and internalizing symptoms, in line with previous studies with concordant and discordant twin pairs suggesting that internalizing symptoms are related to motor difficulties due to non-shared environmental factors (Pearsall-Jones et al, 2011;Piek et al, 2007). However, in agreement with Moruzzi et al (2010) the current data suggest that non-shared environmental influences were not sufficient to account for the total covariance between these traits.…”

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“…This finding suggests an environmental contribution to the association between coordination difficulty and depression. Furthermore, another study from the same research group found that twins who were discordant for a motor disorder had higher levels of parentreported anxiety than those in concordant twin pairs (Pearsall-Jones et al, 2011). The authors suggest that the association between motor and anxiety symptoms can in part be explained by non-shared environmental influences; affected individuals in discordant twin sets are able to directly compare their motor ability and performance with a twin who has no coordination difficulties, whereas concordant twin pairs do not have this immediate social comparison (Pearsall-Jones et al, 2011).…”

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Coordination difficulty and internalizing symptoms in adults: A twin/sibling study

Waszczuk

Leonard

Hill

et al. 2016

Psychiatry Research

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Increased anxiety and depression symptoms have been reported in individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders, and have been found to be associated with motor coordination difficulties, but little is known about the etiology of these associations. This study aimed to assess genetic, shared (making twins/siblings alike) and non-shared (individual-specific) environmental influences on the association between poor coordination and symptoms of anxiety and depressed mood using a sample of adult twin and sibling pairs. Participants were asked about their coordination skill and anxiety and depression symptoms. About half of the variance in coordination difficulty was explained by familial (combined genetic and shared environmental) influences, with the remaining variance explained by non-shared environmental influences. Phenotypic associations between coordination and anxiety (r=.46) and depression symptoms (r=.44) were largely underpinned by shared familial liability for the three traits. Non-shared environment accounted for about a third of the phenotypic association. Results suggest that both familial and non-shared environmental influences play a role in the etiology of coordination difficulty and its association with internalizing symptoms. The current study highlights that both biological and environmental pathways shared between these symptoms should be examined in future research to inform prevention and treatment approaches in clinical settings

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Coordination difficulty and internalizing symptoms in adults: A twin/sibling study

Waszczuk

Leonard

Hill

et al. 2016

Psychiatry Research

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“…There is abundant evidence to show that children with DCD participate less in activities generally (Magalhães et al, 2011); they often suffer from depression, anxiety and psychosocial distress (Missiuna et al, 2014;Pearsall-Jones, Piek, Rigoli, Martin, & Levy, 2011). The early diagnosis of DCD is fundamental in order to prevent the problems often associated with this condition (e.g., anxiety and depression) from developing.…”

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Identifying developmental coordination disorder: MOQ-T validity as a fast screening instrument based on teachers’ ratings and its relationship with praxic and visuospatial working memory deficits

Giofrè

Cornoldi

Schoemaker

2014

Research in Developmental Disabilities

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The Version of Scholarly Record of this Article is published in RESEARCH INcoordination disorders symptoms and to study its relationship with praxic and visuospatial working memory deficits. In a first study on a large sample of children, we assessed the reliability and structure of the Italian adaptation of the MOQ-T. Results showed a good reliability of the questionnaire and a hierarchical structure with two first-order factors (reflecting motor and handwriting skills), which are influenced by a second-order factor (general motor function) at the top. In a second study, we looked at the external validity of the MOQ-T and found that children with symptoms of Developmental Coordination Disorder (children with high scores on the MOQ-T) also had difficulty reproducing gestures, either imitating others or in response to verbal prompts.Our results also showed that children with high MOQ-T scores had visuospatial WM impairments.The theoretical and clinical implications of these findings are discussed.Keywords: developmental coordination disorder, DCD; visuospatial WM; handwriting; neurodevelopmental disorders; specific learning disorder, SLD; gesture reproduction. Highlights-The Italian version of the MOQ-T is a valid instrument for detecting DCD symptoms.-Children with symptoms of DCD are severely impaired in gesture reproduction -Children with symptoms of DCD have a moderately impaired visuospatial working memory.

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“…There may also be accompanying difficulties in academic (Alloway 2007;Dewey et al 2000), social (Smyth and Anderson 2000) and emotional Rigoli et al 2012) functioning. For instance, children with DCD have been found to withdraw and avoid motor activities (e.g., Mandich et al 2003), have poorer selfperceptions and self-worth (e.g., Miyahara and Piek 2006;Rose et al 1997;Skinner and Piek 2001), and are more likely to have higher levels of anxiety (Pearsall-Jones et al 2011;Skinner and Piek 2001) and depression , even in preschool children as young as 4 years of age . Furthermore, longitudinal studies have identified a relationship between early motor ability on later cognitive (e.g., Murray et al 2006;, academic (e.g., Kurdek and Sinclair 2001), and emotional (e.g., Sigurdsson et al 2002) outcomes.…”

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Motor disorder and anxious and depressive symptomatology: A monozygotic co-twin control approach

Cited by 39 publications

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Coordination difficulty and internalizing symptoms in adults: A twin/sibling study

Coordination difficulty and internalizing symptoms in adults: A twin/sibling study

Identifying developmental coordination disorder: MOQ-T validity as a fast screening instrument based on teachers’ ratings and its relationship with praxic and visuospatial working memory deficits

Assessment of Motor Functioning in the Preschool Period

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