title: Correlations of scores on the developmental test of visual-motor integration and copying test in a South African multi-ethnic preschool sample.
abstract: This study assessed the intercorrelations of scores on the Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration, the locally standardized Copying Test, and teachers' ratings of scholastic skills in a South African multi-ethnic preschool sample. The study also investigated whether cultural and socioeconomic factors might influence test data. Participants were 71 Black, 101 Coloured, and 66 White children attending preschools in a semirural district. Participants' ages ranged from 4 yr., 9 mo. to 7yr., 0 mo. (M=5.8 yr., SD= 0.3 yr.). Analysis yielded a correlation of .75 between the test scores and supports the suitability of the widely used Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration in a multi-ethnic sample. Scores on the Copying Test correlated higher with teachers' ratings. However, significant differences in test performance among groups by race and socioeconomic status suggest the rate of perceptual-motor development may be related to cultural factors. Normative data are reported for groups by race and socioeconomic status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University.
authors.forename: Munita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: Helene
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Loxton
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Naidoo
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007100:Imitative Behavior; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D011584:Psychology / Q000379:methods*; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013019:South Africa; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*