Mastery motivation in young children with Down's syndrome: relations with cognitive and adaptive competence.
J Intellect Disabil Res
; 47(Pt 2): 121-33, 2003 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Prior research on relations between motivation and competence have focused on cognitive competence, despite theoretical predictions that mastery motivation spurs behaviour that is effective in meeting the demands of one's environment, i.e. adaptive competence. Issues of adaptive competence are especially relevant for children with developmental delay since functional independence is an important long-term goal for these children.METHODS:
In the present study, mastery motivation was examined in relation to both cognitive and adaptive competence in 5-year-old children with Down's syndrome (n = 41).RESULTS:
Scores on mastery task and parent-report measures of mastery motivation were generally low, but positively related to scores on standardized measures of cognitive competence and adaptive competence.CONCLUSIONS:
This is the first study of motivation-competence relations in pre-school-age children. The findings have implications for both developmental theory and early intervention efforts, and the authors hope that they will serve as a stimulus for future research on cross-domain relationships in atypical populations.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Síndrome de Down
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Cognición
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Aprendizaje
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Motivación
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Intellect Disabil Res
Asunto de la revista:
TRANSTORNOS MENTAIS
Año:
2003
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Canadá