@article{Pattanapotikul_Singhakant_Phattharayuttawat_2015, title={Visual-Motor Integration of Primary School Children in Bangkok}, volume={60}, url={https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JPAT/article/view/40681}, abstractNote={<strong><strong></strong></strong><p align="left">Objective :</p><strong><strong></strong></strong><p align="left"> </p><p align="left"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia; font-size: large;">To study visual-motor integration (VMI) among primary school children in</span></p><p align="left">Bangkok</p><p align="left"> </p><strong><strong></strong></strong><p align="left">Methods :</p><strong><strong></strong></strong><p align="left"> </p><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia; font-size: large;">We applied the Beery VMI 6</span></span><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia; font-size: xx-small;">th </span></span><p align="left"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia; font-size: large;">full form, and compared the results with the</span></p><p align="left">American norm. The research also explored variation differences in gender and age,</p><p align="left"> </p><p align="left">including assessing the limits in applying the test on Thai students. The sampling group</p><p align="left"> </p><p align="left">included 520 students in primary school, ranging in age between 6 and 12 years 11</p><p align="left"> </p><p align="left">months.</p><p align="left"> </p><strong><strong></strong></strong><p align="left">Results :</p><strong><strong></strong></strong><p align="left"> </p><p align="left"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia; font-size: large;">Compared to the American norm using the VMI, around two-thirds of the</span></p><p align="left">participants (67.31%) had the same ability whereas 21.72% did better, and 10.96% did</p><p align="left"> </p><p align="left">worse. While the VMI appeared to increase with age; students between 6 and 11 had a</p><p align="left"> </p><p align="left">higher score, whereas those beetween 11 and 13 tended to have a lower one. There</p><p align="left"> </p><p align="left">was no difference in the VMI score between boys and girls in this sample.</p><p align="left"> </p><strong><strong></strong></strong><p align="left">Conclusion :</p><strong><strong></strong></strong><p align="left"> </p><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia; font-size: large;">The Beery VMI 6</span></span><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia; font-size: xx-small;">th </span></span><p align="left"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia; font-size: large;">full form can be used for evaluating Thai primary school</span></p><p align="left">children, however, further study regarding the VMI norm among Thai children should be</p><p align="left"> </p><p align="left">done. According to the current study there should be three age groups; 6 -7 years</p><p align="left"> </p><p>11 months, 8-9 years 11 months, and 10-12 years 11 months.</p><p align="left"> </p>}, number={3}, journal={Journal of the Psychiatric Association of Thailand}, author={Pattanapotikul, Thitima and Singhakant, Supachoke and Phattharayuttawat, Sucheera}, year={2015}, month={Oct.}, pages={169–180} }