Standardization of the motor scales of the Griffiths Test II on children aged 3 to 6 years in Greece.
OBJECTIVE
The present study aimed at the standardization of the motor scales (A-locomotor and D-eye-hand co-ordination) of the Griffiths Test II on Greek preschool-aged children.


METHODS
Nine hundred and thirty children living in Northern Greece were assessed (455 boys and 475 girls), aged from 37 to 72 months (3-6 years old).


RESULTS
Percentile ranks were determined depending on the developmental quotient and the chronological age of the child. Through the present application of the Griffiths Test to the children in our country, we showed that the average developmental quotients of the two scales were higher than the relevant published quotients of the Griffiths Test II.


CONCLUSIONS
Some of the factors that may have contributed to faster motor development are passage of time and the environmental and cultural differences between countries. The findings reinforce the need for standardization of a test before it is applied to the population of a country, and its re-standardization on the population of the country where it was first applied.
Giagazoglou
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Laboratory of Special Education and Developmental Pediatrics, Department of Physical Education and Sports Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. vgiagazoglou@yahoo.com
Tsimaras
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V
Fotiadou
E
E
Evaggelinou
C
C
Tsikoulas
J
J
Angelopoulou
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N
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D008124:Locomotion / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012015:Reference Standards; D012923:Social Class; D006113:United Kingdom