Visual-Motor Maturity and Executive Functions in Schoolchildren

Oliveira, Ana Luisa Silva de; Kaiser, Vanessa; Azambuja, Thamy de Oliveira; Mallmann, Laura Uberti; Lukrafka, Janice Luisa; Reppold, Caroline Tozzi

doi:10.1590/1982-43272664201609

Acessibilidade / Reportar erro

Brasil

Español English

sumário « anterior atual seguinte »

Sumário

Articles • Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) 26 (64) • May-Aug 2016 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-43272664201609 copy

Visual-Motor Maturity and Executive Functions in Schoolchildren^* * Paper derived from the first author's master's thesis under supervision of the sixth author, defended in 2013, at the Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences of the Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre.

Maturidade Visomotora e Funções Executivas em Escolares

Madurez Visomotora y Funciones Ejecutivas en Escolares

Authorship SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

Abstract

Visual-motor maturity and executive functions are closely related in the child development process. This study aimed to investigate the relation between visual-motor abilities and executive functions in 83 healthy children between 7 and 10 years old. The tools used were the Bender Gestalt Visual-Motor Test - Gradual Scoring System (B-GSS), Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), Raven's Progressive Matrices (RPM), and Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure (ROCF). The correlation between the B-GSS and WCST scores was significantly negative (r = -.23, p < .033), while ROCF variables, such as Total Memory and Total Copy, had a moderate, significant correlation with total B-GSS score (r = -.55, p < .001; r = -.44, p < .001, respectively). The results empirically show the relation between executive functions and visual-motor maturity and are discussed in face of developmental neuropsychology.

Keywords
perceptual motor development; cognitive neuropsychology; Bender-Gestalt Test; Wisconsin card sorting test

Variables	Absolute Frequency	Relative Frequency (%)
Age (years)
7	24	28.92
8	22	26.51
9	26	31.33
10	11	13.25
Gender
Female	50	60.2
Male	33	39.8
Schooling
2nd Grade	33	39.8
3rd Grade	23	27.7
4th Grade	27	32.5
Laterality
Right	78	94
Left	5	6

Test	Variable	Results
B-GSS
	Total	M = 11.19, SD = 3.93
	Quartile
	Less than 25	4 (4.8%)
	Equal to 25	5 (6%)
	Between 25 and 50	6 (7.2%)
	Equal to 50	7 (8.4%)
	Between 50 and 75	11 (13.2%)
	Equal to 75	8 (9.6%)
	Between 75 and 90	16 (19.3%)
	Equal to 90	7 (8.4%)
	Above 90	19 (22.9%)
WCST
	Number of assays administered	128 (0-128)
	Total correct number	M = 53.98, SD = 23.189
	Total number of errors	M = 59.34, SD = 27.845
	Perseverative answers	39 (0-127)
	Perseverative errors	29 (0-115)
	Non-perseverative errors	M = 24.1, SD = 18.841
	Conceptual level	M = 36.93, SD = 24.241
	Number of completed categories	M = 2.53, SD = 2.068
	Assays to complete the 1st category	2 (0-6)
	Failure to maintain context	1 (0-5)
	Learning to learn	1 (-17-21)

WCST		B-GSS Total
Total correct number	r	-.234
Total correct number	p	.033^* * Significant correlation at .05 level.
Non-perseverative errors	r	-.025
Non-perseverative errors	p	.826
Total number of errors	r	.118
Total number of errors	p	.289
Conceptual level	r	-.279
Conceptual level	p	.011^* * Significant correlation at .05 level.
Number of completed categories	r'	.301
Number of completed categories	p	.006^ Significant correlation at .01 level.
Number of assays administered	r'	.049
Number of assays administered	p	.659
Perseverative answers	r'	.144
Perseverative answers	p	.193
Perseverative errors	r'	.158
Perseverative errors	p	.154
Assays to complete the 1st category	r'	.017
Assays to complete the 1st category	p	.881
Failure to mantain context	r'	-.028
Failure to mantain context	p	.8
Learning to learn	r'	-.144
Learning to learn	p	.194

		B-GSS Total		RPM Total		ROCF Total Copy		ROCF Total Memory
Age	N	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
7	24	13.67^cd	3.73	20.5^bcd	4.98	14.83^cd	4.95	6^cd	3.77
8	22	12.36^cd	3.20	26.55^a	5.61	16.02^c	5.57	6.43^cd	4.09
9	26	9.88^abd	2.64	26.42^a	3.57	20.52^ab	5.58	10.23^ac	5.43
10	11	6.54^abc	3.14	27.09^a	3.67	21.36^a	6.52	11.73^ab	5.78

Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Av.Bandeirantes 3900 - Monte Alegre, 14040-901 Ribeirão Preto - São Paulo - Brasil, Tel.: (55 16) 3315-3829 - Ribeirão Preto - SP - Brazil
E-mail: paideia@usp.br

Acompanhe os números deste periódico no seu leitor de RSS

[1] Correspondence address: Ana Luisa Silva de Oliveira. Rua Sarmento Leite, 245, Centro Histórico. CEP 9005-170. Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil. analuisa_fisio@yahoo.com.br

Brasil

Brasil

Visual-Motor Maturity and Executive Functions in Schoolchildren* * Paper derived from the first author's master's thesis under supervision of the sixth author, defended in 2013, at the Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences of the Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre.

Maturidade Visomotora e Funções Executivas em Escolares

Madurez Visomotora y Funciones Ejecutivas en Escolares

Abstract

Visual-Motor Maturity and Executive Functions in Schoolchildren^* * Paper derived from the first author's master's thesis under supervision of the sixth author, defended in 2013, at the Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences of the Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre.