Long-term predictive validity of the Miller assessment for preschoolers.
The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive validity of the Miller Assessment for Preschoolers in a sample of children in Israel. 30 children (M age 7 yr., 8 mo.) were selected from a group of typical children registered in 4 Mother and Child Health Care Centers in central Israel; they were originally tested as preschoolers (M age 3 yr., 10 mo.) on this procedure. They were retested after an interval of 5 to 7 yr. on academically related tests. Correlations between the Total scores and most of the follow-up test scores indicate significant correspondence (.41-.70). Regression analysis indicated that visuomotor integration and handwriting accounted for 58% of the variance. These results contribute to the empirical evidence regarding the predictive abilities of this procedure and indicate its validity cross-culturally over an extended follow-up interval of 5 to 7 yr.
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School of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Israel.
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Goldstand
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Miller
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D001077:Aptitude Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data