title: Mastery motivation in toddlers with developmental disabilities.
abstract: Prior research on school-age children with mental retardation indicates that they are less motivated on tasks than mental-age-matched peers. In this study, mastery motivation on two tasks was compared for 1- and 2-year-old children with motor impairment (n = 25), developmental delay (n = 25), and typical development (n = 25), matched for mental age. The groups did not differ significantly on any measure of mastery motivation. The relative contribution of premature birth, a history of seizure disorders, severity of cognitive delay, and maternal didactic interaction in predicting mastery motivation was examined for toddlers with developmental delay or motor impairment. Maternal didactic interaction added a significant proportion of variance above and beyond other variables in predicting several aspects of mastery motivation in toddlers with developmental disabilities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Counseling, Developmental Psychology, and Research Methods, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167-3813, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hauser-Cram
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D016472:Motor Neuron Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D011340:Problem Solving