Author(s)

Shogo Komatsu

Kanagawa Prefectural General Education Center, Kanagawa, Japan.

The developmental maturity (M) scale using the Star-Wave Test that was independently developed by Yalon and Zion indicates poor learning abilities if the M-scale score is low, which may be caused by developmental delays, such as intellectual disability and learning disorder or organic mental disorder. Furthermore, the distress (D) scale is thought to be influenced by mild neurological disorders, hand coordination problems, and environmental factors. In this study, we conducted a Star-Wave Test on 44 nursery school children in Japan and examined the M scale, the D scale, as well as the level of stress induced by coordination problems and the environment. The t-test was conducted on the M scale and D scale of the group without coordination problems and that with coordination problems, and we found a significant difference at 1% level. From this result, we can confirm the relationship of the M scale and the D scale with Visual and motor maturity.

Star-Wave Test, Projection Drawing Method, Infancy, Developmental Maturity Scale, Distress Scale

Komatsu, S. (2019) Relationship between Star-Wave Test and Visual/Motor Maturity in Young Children. Open Journal of Nursing, 9, 173-182. doi: 10.4236/ojn.2019.92016.