showed a trendp = 0.075
However, as one might expect based on the fact that the handwriting measure was ranked-ordered and not standardized, even though the range of ages in these children were narrow (5–6 years of age), age showed a trend for significant positive association with handwriting [ r (44) = 0.27; p = 0.075], and gender effects were found [ t (44) = 2.64, p = 0.012] with boys demonstrating significantly weaker handwriting performance as compared to girls.