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Calligraphic Education during childhood and its long-term effect on the adult handwriting

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Vol. 18 No. 2 (2018): Diciembre
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5346.2018.48989

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Background: Handwriting is an essential part of human communication. Its successful development is decisive for its personal and academic future. One of the most important components is the grip of the pen, which there are 5 standard variants. Calligraphic education has a very important role in the generation of writing habits and a better legibility. Methods: In a cross-sectional study of correlation between variables, the aim was to correlate calligraphic education with many variables. The data was collected with an electronic questionnaire and a calligraphic test. Results: The sample consisted of 120 subjects between the ages of 18-30. No statistically significant correlation was found between legibility and years of calligraphic education, gender, age, dominant hand, GPA and preferred font. The only significant correlation was found between legibility and the use of one standard grips of the pen and an alternative (p=0.01). Discussion: 77.5% of the subjects had a high average in the calligraphic test and no correlation was found between legibility and length of calligraphic education in childhood, gender, age, dominant hand, writing tool, font and GPA. However, a significant association between legibility and the use of the standard grips was found, in comparison with people that do not use one of those grips (p=0.01). Conclusions: Handwriting legibility is a multi-factor influenced skill, and calligraphic education during childhood is decisive to develop it properly. Nevertheless, the study showed no association between the length of the education and legibility, and a correlation was found between the use of an alternative pen grip and a worse result in the calligraphic test.

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Handwriting, Grip, Readability, Education

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Morgenstern-Kaplan, D., Cohen-Welch, A., Fonseca-Padilla, R., García-Alonso, D. A., Palatchi-Oldak, J., Veronés-Ortiz, P. A., & Ornelas-Hall, L. (2018). Calligraphic Education during childhood and its long-term effect on the adult handwriting. Revista Chilena De Terapia Ocupacional, 18(2), 9–20. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5346.2018.48989
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Revista Chilena de Terapia Ocupacional
Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Chile
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