title: The developmental test of visual perception-2 normative study on the visual-perceptual function for children in Hong Kong.
abstract: This research study intended to investigate the visualperceptual performance of children in Hong Kong by comparing them to the accepted norms on the Developmental Test of Visual Perception-2nd edition. The research examined whether there was significant difference in child's gender, age, and grade. The normative study recruited two hundred and eight-nine children between the ages of 6 and 7 in normal primary schools in Hong Kong. Results indicated that there was a ceiling effect in eye-hand coordination, position in space and spatial relations subtests. Grade differences were found to be significant in all subtests except eye-hand coordination and visual-motor speed. On the other hand, there were no statistical difference in the test scores between boys and girls except on copying and figure-ground subtests. It is concluded that there is a strong need to ensure that norms for visual-perceptual tests are appropriate for the specific cultural groups being assessed.
authors.affiliation: Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Unit, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Phoebe P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Magdelene Y C
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Poon
authors.forename: Macy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: Rosanna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000145:classification*; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000145:classification*