Does Context Matter? Mastery Motivation and Therapy Engagement of Children with Cerebral Palsy

Aims: To determine if mastery motivation at baseline predicts engagement in two goal-directed upper limb (UL) interventions for children with unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP). Methods: Participants were 44 children with UCP, mean age 7 years 10 months, Manual Ability Classification System level I (N...

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Main Authors: Miller, L., Ziviani, J., Ware, R., Boyd, Roslyn
Format: Journal Article
Published: Informa Healthcare 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21114
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author Miller, L.
Ziviani, J.
Ware, R.
Boyd, Roslyn
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Ziviani, J.
Ware, R.
Boyd, Roslyn
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description Aims: To determine if mastery motivation at baseline predicts engagement in two goal-directed upper limb (UL) interventions for children with unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP). Methods: Participants were 44 children with UCP, mean age 7 years 10 months, Manual Ability Classification System level I (N = 23) or II (N = 21). Twenty-six children received intensive novel group-based intervention (Hybrid Constraint Induced Movement Therapy, hCIMT) and 18 received distributed individual occupational therapy (OT). Caregivers completed the Dimensions of Mastery Questionnaire (DMQ) parent-proxy report at baseline. Children's engagement was independently rated using the Pediatric Volitional Questionnaire (PVQ). Associations between children's mastery motivation and engagement were examined using linear regression. Results: Children who received hCIMT had lower DMQ persistence at baseline (p = .05) yet higher PVQ volitional (p = .04) and exploration (p = .001) scores. Among children who received hCIMT, greater object-oriented persistence was associated with task-directedness (β 0.25, p = .05), seeking challenges (β = 0.51, p = .02), exploration (β = 0.10, p = .03), and volitional scores (β = 0.23, p = .01). Conclusion: Despite having lower levels of persistence prior to engaging in UL interventions, children who received hCIMT demonstrated greater engagement in goal-directed tasks than children who received individual OT. Within hCIMT, children's motivational predisposition to persist with tasks manifested in their exploration and engagement in therapy.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-211142017-09-13T13:46:49Z Does Context Matter? Mastery Motivation and Therapy Engagement of Children with Cerebral Palsy Miller, L. Ziviani, J. Ware, R. Boyd, Roslyn Aims: To determine if mastery motivation at baseline predicts engagement in two goal-directed upper limb (UL) interventions for children with unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP). Methods: Participants were 44 children with UCP, mean age 7 years 10 months, Manual Ability Classification System level I (N = 23) or II (N = 21). Twenty-six children received intensive novel group-based intervention (Hybrid Constraint Induced Movement Therapy, hCIMT) and 18 received distributed individual occupational therapy (OT). Caregivers completed the Dimensions of Mastery Questionnaire (DMQ) parent-proxy report at baseline. Children's engagement was independently rated using the Pediatric Volitional Questionnaire (PVQ). Associations between children's mastery motivation and engagement were examined using linear regression. Results: Children who received hCIMT had lower DMQ persistence at baseline (p = .05) yet higher PVQ volitional (p = .04) and exploration (p = .001) scores. Among children who received hCIMT, greater object-oriented persistence was associated with task-directedness (β 0.25, p = .05), seeking challenges (β = 0.51, p = .02), exploration (β = 0.10, p = .03), and volitional scores (β = 0.23, p = .01). Conclusion: Despite having lower levels of persistence prior to engaging in UL interventions, children who received hCIMT demonstrated greater engagement in goal-directed tasks than children who received individual OT. Within hCIMT, children's motivational predisposition to persist with tasks manifested in their exploration and engagement in therapy. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21114 10.3109/01942638.2015.1076556 Informa Healthcare restricted
spellingShingle Miller, L.
Ziviani, J.
Ware, R.
Boyd, Roslyn
Does Context Matter? Mastery Motivation and Therapy Engagement of Children with Cerebral Palsy
title Does Context Matter? Mastery Motivation and Therapy Engagement of Children with Cerebral Palsy
title_full Does Context Matter? Mastery Motivation and Therapy Engagement of Children with Cerebral Palsy
title_fullStr Does Context Matter? Mastery Motivation and Therapy Engagement of Children with Cerebral Palsy
title_full_unstemmed Does Context Matter? Mastery Motivation and Therapy Engagement of Children with Cerebral Palsy
title_short Does Context Matter? Mastery Motivation and Therapy Engagement of Children with Cerebral Palsy
title_sort does context matter? mastery motivation and therapy engagement of children with cerebral palsy
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21114