VRT (verbal reasoning test): a new test for assessment of verbal reasoning. Test realization and Italian normative data from a multicentric study
| Autor: | Annarita Caiazzo, Luigi Trojano, Paola Gemignani, Gessica Scrocco, Eduardo Navarrete, Laura Giunchi, Mauro Mancuso, Maria Grazia Gambini, Benedetta Basagni, Renato Avesani, Claudio Luzzatti, Alessio Damora, Antonio De Tanti, Marina Caputo |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Basagni, B, Luzzatti, C, Navarrete, E, Caputo, M, Scrocco, G, Damora, A, Giunchi, L, Gemignani, P, Caiazzo, A, Gambini, M, Avesani, R, Mancuso, M, Trojano, L, de Tanti, A, Basagni, Benedetta, Luzzatti, Claudio, Navarrete, Eduardo, Caputo, Marina, Scrocco, Gessica, Damora, Alessio, Giunchi, Laura, Gemignani, Paola, Caiazzo, Annarita, Gambini, Maria Grazia, Avesani, Renato, Mancuso, Mauro, Trojano, Luigi, de Tanti, Antonio |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Pilot Projects Audiology Developmental psychology Thinking 0302 clinical medicine Reference Values Italian normative data Raw score Brain injury 05 social sciences Linear model Age Factors General Medicine Middle Aged Verbal reasoning Test (assessment) Assessment Adolescent Adult Aged Brain Injuries Educational Status Female Humans Italy Linear Models Speech Young Adult Psychological Tests Speech Perception 2708 Neurology (clinical) Psychiatry and Mental Health Psychology medicine.medical_specialty Speech perception Dermatology Standard score M-PSI/02 - PSICOBIOLOGIA E PSICOLOGIA FISIOLOGICA 050105 experimental psychology 03 medical and health sciences Neuropsychology medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychological testing Normative 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Popis: | Verbal reasoning is a complex, multicomponent function, which involves activation of functional processes and neural circuits distributed in both brain hemispheres. Thus, this ability is often impaired after brain injury. The aim of the present study is to describe the construction of a new verbal reasoning test (VRT) for patients with brain injury and to provide normative values in a sample of healthy Italian participants. Three hundred and eighty healthy Italian subjects (193 women and 187 men) of different ages (range 16–75 years) and educational level (primary school to postgraduate degree) underwent the VRT. VRT is composed of seven subtests, investigating seven different domains. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed a significant effect of age and education on the participants’ performance in terms of both VRT total score and all seven subtest scores. No gender effect was found. A correction grid for raw scores was built from the linear equation derived from the scores. Inferential cut-off scores were estimated using a non-parametric technique, and equivalent scores were computed. We also provided a grid for the correction of results by z scores. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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