effect of perceptual motor training on motor skills of preschool children

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of perceptual-motor training on motor skills of normal preschool children [aged 4-6 years] in Esfahan city. This was a quasi-experimental study with intervention and control groups. Each group included 30 normal preschool children aged 4 to 6 years. They were selected randomly; children of intervention group from one empowering children center and the control group from preschool centers, of Esfahan city in 2013. The intervention group received perceptual- motor training for 15 sessions [each 1 hour] during 2 months. The measurement was Bruninks- Oseretsky test that was implemented as pre- and post-tests. Data analysis was done by SPSS version 18. The intervention group had significantly higher motor skills [gross and fine motor skills] scores after training, in comparison to control group [p= 0.000]. It seems that the perceptual- motor training can improve the motor skills level of preschool children. So it is recommended as a useful method for motivation of motor skills development in preschool centers

[Predicting driving error, lapses and violations from personality characteristics and Vienna Risk Taking test-traffic]

The aim of this study was to predict driving error, lapses and violations from five narrow-band personality traits of Eyseneck Personality Profile, Vienna Risk Taking Test-Traffic and Considering Future Consequence Scale. Current study is a relational study. 510 drivers was selected randomly and divided to two groups accident namely prone [n=257] and non accident prone [n=253]. Participants responded to following instruments Eyseneck Personality Profile [EPP] Eyseneck and Wilson [1991], Scale of Considering Future Consequences [Strathman et al, 1994], Driving Behavior Questionnaire [Lawton, 1997] and WRBTV [Hergovich et al, 2005]. Finding indicated that characteristics of two groups have significant differences according to driving error, lapses and violations. Also there are significant relations among these variables and three wrong driving behavior of participants. Organizations can decrease accident rate by selecting drivers according to applicant [of the job driver] characteristics especially by using WRBTV as an efficient instrument to find drivers deficiencies