International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
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Ai-Wen Hwang

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• Research Article
  Reliability and Validity of the Revised Individualized Structured Mastery Tasks in Children with Developmental Delay
  Author(s): Pei-Jung Wang, George A. Morgan, Hua-Fang Lia.o, Li-Chiou Chen, Ai-Wen Hwang and Lu LuPei-Jung Wang, George A. Morgan, Hua-Fang Lia.o, Li-Chiou Chen, Ai-Wen Hwang and Lu Lu
  
  Objective: Mastery motivation is an under-assessed resiliency factor that helps all children achieves their potential; it impels children to strive to master skills and to solve challenging problems. Because children with developmental delay (DD) are perceived to have lower motivation than children with typical development, it is important to have good behavioural measures of mastery motivation. This research describes psychometric properties of the revised individualized structured mastery tasks (ISMT-R), a behavioral assessment, which was updated based on empirical and theoretical feedback. The purposes of this study were: to examine the test-retest, inter-rater and inter-coding reliabilities of the ISMT-R and the relationships between the ISMT-R and both the Dimensions of Mastery Questionnaire (DMQ 18) and developmental ability measured by a standardized developmental test. Method:.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-9096.1000374

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