RT - Journal Article T1 - Inter-Intra Rater Reliability, Construct and Discriminative Validity of Iranian Typically Developing Children Handwriting Speed Test (I-CHST) JF - Iranian-Rehabilitation-Journal YR - 2015 JO - Iranian-Rehabilitation-Journal VO - 13 IS - 3 UR - http://irj.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-488-en.html SP - 94 EP - 102 K1 - Handwriting speed K1 - Typically developing Children K1 - Occupational therapy K1 - Test development AB - Objectives: The purpose of this study was to develop an Iranian Hand writing Speed Test (I-CHST) for testing of Iranian students aged 8-12. To date, no norms of handwriting speed have been published for hand-writing speed of the Iranian students. Methods: A sample of 400 typically developing Iranian students across four age cohorts was recruited. Among those 400 students 50% were girls and 50% were boys. 73% were studding at government schools and 27% were from the private schools. 79% were right handed and 11% were left handed. The results showed that the handwriting speed assessment test has excellent inter-rater reliability (r=1, P=0.000) and construct validity (r=0.798, P=0.000). Results: The findings showed that handwriting speed increases with age and the rate of increase was found to be greatest among Iranian children aged 8-12. It is also found that the girls aged 11-12 wrote faster than boys of the same age. Discussion: Based on this research, I-CHST was a valid and reliable test for testing the hand writing speed in Iranian children and it could be used for testing or intervention purposes by the therapists at clinics. LA eng UL http://irj.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-488-en.html M3 ER -