The Relationship Between Linguistic Skills, Visual–Motor Functions, and Handwriting Performance at Various Developmental Stages

Salameh-Matar, Abeer; Basel, Naser; Weintraub, Naomi

doi:10.5014/ajot.2016.70s1-po1042

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“…Arabic speakers scored higher than Hebrew speakers. While Arabic and Hebrew are Semitic languages and share several linguistic aspects, they differ greatly in terms of letter forms, spatial organization, and orthographic complexity [58]. The current results may be explained by the complicated characteristics of the Arabic alphabet, in which letters change form based on whether they are in the beginning, middle, or end of a word [59].…”

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The Relationship between Young Children’s Graphomotor Skills and Their Environment: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Zagmi

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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The current study aimed to examine the unique contribution of personal and environmental factors to explain graphomotor skills in typically developing preschoolers and first-year elementary school students. A convenience sample was recruited of 136 Israeli children aged three–seven years. Graphomotor skills were assessed using the Gilboa Functional Test (GIFT); personal and environmental factors were assessed using a demographic questionnaire and the Home Literacy Experiences Questionnaire (HLEQ). A hierarchical multiple linear regression analysis revealed that home literacy and educational approach accounted for 43.1% of the variance of graphomotor skills (R2 = 40.4, p < 0.000), each providing a unique contribution to the explained variance after controlling for age, gender, and spoken language. Generally, our results supported the bioecological model, with proximal factors (home literacy and educational approach) having a greater influence on child graphomotor skills than distal factors (parental socioeconomic and immigration status). By highlighting the role of environmental factors in graphomotor development, these results can be used as a conceptual framework for developing early intervention programs.

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