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Standardization of the motor scales of the Griffiths Test II on children aged 3 to 6 years in Greece
Author(s) -
Giagazoglou P.,
Tsimaras V.,
Fotiadou E.,
Evaggelinou C.,
Tsikoulas J.,
Angelopoulou N.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2005.00505.x
Subject(s) - standardization , test (biology) , percentile , population , developmental psychology , psychology , motor skill , demography , pediatrics , medicine , political science , statistics , mathematics , sociology , paleontology , law , biology
Aims The present study aimed at the standardization of the motor scales (A – locomotor and D – eye–hand co‐ordination) of the Griffiths Test II on Greek preschool‐aged children. Participants Nine hundred and thirty children living in Northern Greece were assessed (455 boys and 475 girls), aged from 37 to 72 months (3–6 years old). Results Percentile ranks were determined depending on the developmental quotient and the chronological age of the child. Through the present application of the Griffiths Test to the children in our country, we showed that the average developmental quotients of the two scales were higher than the relevant published quotients of the Griffiths Test II. Discussion Some of the factors that may have contributed to faster motor development are passage of time and the environmental and cultural differences between countries. The findings reinforce the need for standardization of a test before it is applied to the population of a country, and its re‐standardization on the population of the country where it was first applied.