Date of Award
2014
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Department
Psychology
Keywords
ecological validity, executive function, fetal alcohol, neuropsychological assessment, performance-based, veridicality
Supervisor
Casey, Joseph
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
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Abstract
Although performance-based tests are used to evaluate executive function (EF) processes, studies comparing scores from performance-based and behavioural measures of EF indicate that the former have little, if any, ecological validity in various clinical populations. This study examined the relationship between three performance-based EF tests--the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), Trail Making Test (TMT), and Controlled Oral Word Association Test (COWAT)--and the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) in a predominantly Aboriginal/Indian sample of children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD; N = 96). Bivariate correlations and canonical correlation analysis were not statistically significant, although more impaired scores on BRIEF Organization of Materials were weakly associated with fewer perseverative errors on the WCST. Performance-based test variables also did not meaningfully predict scores on the two BRIEF indexes. Findings are discussed in the context of the different aspects of EF assessed by performance-based EF tests and the BRIEF.
Recommended Citation
Rai, Jaspreet Kaur, "The ecological validity of neuropsychological tests of executive function in children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)" (2014). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 5171.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/5171
