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Mastery Motivation in Toddlers with Developmental Disabilities
Author(s) -
HauserCram Penny
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01731.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , motor skill , cognition , mental age , child development , cognitive development , neuroscience
Prior research on school‐age children with mental retardation indicates that they are less motivated on tasks than mental‐age‐matched peers. In this study, mastery motivation on two tasks was compared for 1‐ and 2‐year‐old children with motor impairment ( n = 25), developmental delay ( n = 25), and typical development ( n = 25), matched for mental age. The groups did not differ significantly on any measure of mastery motivation. The relative contribution of premature birth, a history of seizure disorders, severity of cognitive delay, and maternal didactic interaction in predicting mastery motivation was examined for toddlers with developmental delay or motor impairment. Maternal didactic interaction added a significant proportion of variance above and beyond other variables in predicting several aspects of mastery motivation in toddlers with developmental disabilities.