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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2024

Using Structural Equation Modeling to analyze handwriting of children and youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Nellie van den Bos, Suzanne Houwen, Marina Schoemaker, Sara Rozenblum

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Nellie van den BosFaculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences, Department of Occupational Therapy, Laboratory of Complex Human Activity and Participation (CHAP), University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, 3498838, Haifa, Israel. nellievdb@live.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5123-4195
Suzanne HouwenFaculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, Inclusive and Special Needs Education Unit, University of Groningen, Grote Rozenstraat 38, 9712 TJ, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Marina SchoemakerCenter for Human Movement Sciences, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV, Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Sara RozenblumFaculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences, Department of Occupational Therapy, Laboratory of Complex Human Activity and Participation (CHAP), University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, 3498838, Haifa, Israel.

Funding

Autism Fund 190326
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study tests a handwriting model for children and youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) that displays the relationships between handwriting process and product characteristics, and the predictors of these characteristics. Structural Equation Modelling was used to test the model for children and youth with ASD (n = 50) and typically developing peers (n = 50), ages 10 to 15, for a copying and freestyle handwriting task. Findings suggest a generic handwriting model applying to both groups and both handwriting tasks. Unique effects for children and youth with ASD were identified for: (1) high interdependence of handwriting process characteristics, (2) longer pen stroke in air leading to better legibility, and (3) lower scores for executive functions leading to lower scores for legibility.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderAdolescentChildExecutive FunctionHandwritingHumansLatent Class AnalysisPeer GroupAutism Spectrum Disorderexecutive functionsHandwritingvisuomotor integration

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