. Although neuropsychological assessments include some measures that are administered, scored, or... more . Although neuropsychological assessments include some measures that are administered, scored, or interpreted using new technologies, most researchers in this area advocate that more technology should be integrated. The current situation in neuropsychological assessment may be conceptualized as triggering a crisis leading to a paradigm shift, as there is some resistance to adopting more technology. In this paper, the context of the present crisis in neuropsychological assessment, the main obstacles, and new developments will be discussed. An example of a new computerized assessment tool, the NIH Toolbox, is highlighted. Also addressed are potential issues: in the assessment with tablets illustrating it with the older adult population and how to ensure the compatibility of data collected through these devices within the framework of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Recommendations for research, test development, and clinical practice are also provided.
Current research on emotion knowledge and competence emphasises the role of language. Emotion voc... more Current research on emotion knowledge and competence emphasises the role of language. Emotion vocabulary is one of the indicators of emotion knowledge that can be objectively measured; however, the metric properties of the scores obtained in tests and tasks to measure it have seldom been adequate. In this study we designed and validated a Spanish emotion vocabulary test (MOVE) employing a corpus approach to construct cloze multiple‐choice items, administered the test to a Spanish‐speaking sample from two countries, Spain and Argentina, and analysed structural validity of the test items with the Rasch model measurement approach. Eighty‐eight items showed adequate fit. Overall, a substantial percentage of variance was explained by a latent variable. Reliability indexes at the test, item, and person level were also adequate. As a vocabulary test, the MOVE can be used in psychological and neurological investigation, as well as in language learning research.
Ix Congreso Internacional Galego Portugues De Psicopedagoxia 2007, 2007
Este estudo, assumido como preliminar ou exploratorio, pretende analisar as caracteristicas psico... more Este estudo, assumido como preliminar ou exploratorio, pretende analisar as caracteristicas psicometricas de tres tarefas informatizadas de memoria de trabalho. Estas tarefas enquadram-se na teoria de Baddeley e Hitch (1974), segundo a qual existem tres componentes distintos que sao responsaveis pela integracao de conteudos e funcionalismos diversificados na memoria de trabalho. Nesta primeira fase de exploracao do instrumento recorreu-se a 89 estudantes universitarios de varios cursos que procuraram resolver as 3 tarefas de memoria de trabalho propostas. Os resultados atestam as boas qualidades metricas do instrumento com 60.8% de variância explicada associada a um unico factor, que se identifica como o constructo �memoria de trabalho�. Os autores propoem, entao, novos estudos alargando a amostra e apreciando a relacao entre o desempenho nas tarefas construidas e a realizacao dos sujeitos em outros tarefas cognitivas e academicas, por exemplo.
espanolEste estudio analiza el rendimiento y la mejora en lectura y escritura en segundo ciclo de... more espanolEste estudio analiza el rendimiento y la mejora en lectura y escritura en segundo ciclo de Educacion Infantil, segun la edad y el sexo, tras el analisis de las propiedades psicometricas de pruebas destinadas a evaluar estos aprendizajes. 130 escolares de cuatro anos y 144 escolares de cinco anos (44.6% y 45.1% hombres y 55.4% y 54.9% mujeres, respectivamente), pertenecientes a colegios publicos (52.2%) y a colegios concertados (47,8%) y sin discapacidad fisica o psicologica, fueron evaluados mediante una prueba de Lectura y otra de Escritura integradas por las subpruebas Rendimiento en Exactitud Lectora, Comprension Lectora, Copia y Dictado. Se realizaron dos medidas de evaluacion (pretest y postest). La mayoria de los testlets que componen las pruebas presentan buena discriminacion y fiabilidad de las puntuaciones en el pretest y postest. Se encuentran diferencias asociadas a la edad pero no al sexo y una mejora en el postest en ambas edades similar en ninos y ninas. Los res...
Background: The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between Obsessive-Compulsive Di... more Background: The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) symptoms, disgust vulnerability, and the Five Factor Model (FFM) of personality. Method: The sample consisted of 100 adult patients with OCD as a primary diagnosis and 246 with other anxiety disorders (OADs), who responded to OCD, disgust vulnerability, anxiety, depression and personality questionnaires. To perform parametric statistical calculations, all questionnaire scores were transformed from raw ordinal-scale scores to Rasch measures, with interval properties. Results: OCD patients scored significantly higher than OAD patients on DPSS-R Disgust Sensitivity and DPSS-R Disgust Propensity, with a large effect size observed on Disgust Propensity. Furthermore, strong correlations were observed between DPSS-R Propensity to Disgust model scores and DOCS Contamination model scores. Finally, NEO FFI Conscientiousness trait was significantly higher in OCD patients.
. Although neuropsychological assessments include some measures that are administered, scored, or... more . Although neuropsychological assessments include some measures that are administered, scored, or interpreted using new technologies, most researchers in this area advocate that more technology should be integrated. The current situation in neuropsychological assessment may be conceptualized as triggering a crisis leading to a paradigm shift, as there is some resistance to adopting more technology. In this paper, the context of the present crisis in neuropsychological assessment, the main obstacles, and new developments will be discussed. An example of a new computerized assessment tool, the NIH Toolbox, is highlighted. Also addressed are potential issues: in the assessment with tablets illustrating it with the older adult population and how to ensure the compatibility of data collected through these devices within the framework of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Recommendations for research, test development, and clinical practice are also provided.
Current research on emotion knowledge and competence emphasises the role of language. Emotion voc... more Current research on emotion knowledge and competence emphasises the role of language. Emotion vocabulary is one of the indicators of emotion knowledge that can be objectively measured; however, the metric properties of the scores obtained in tests and tasks to measure it have seldom been adequate. In this study we designed and validated a Spanish emotion vocabulary test (MOVE) employing a corpus approach to construct cloze multiple‐choice items, administered the test to a Spanish‐speaking sample from two countries, Spain and Argentina, and analysed structural validity of the test items with the Rasch model measurement approach. Eighty‐eight items showed adequate fit. Overall, a substantial percentage of variance was explained by a latent variable. Reliability indexes at the test, item, and person level were also adequate. As a vocabulary test, the MOVE can be used in psychological and neurological investigation, as well as in language learning research.
Ix Congreso Internacional Galego Portugues De Psicopedagoxia 2007, 2007
Este estudo, assumido como preliminar ou exploratorio, pretende analisar as caracteristicas psico... more Este estudo, assumido como preliminar ou exploratorio, pretende analisar as caracteristicas psicometricas de tres tarefas informatizadas de memoria de trabalho. Estas tarefas enquadram-se na teoria de Baddeley e Hitch (1974), segundo a qual existem tres componentes distintos que sao responsaveis pela integracao de conteudos e funcionalismos diversificados na memoria de trabalho. Nesta primeira fase de exploracao do instrumento recorreu-se a 89 estudantes universitarios de varios cursos que procuraram resolver as 3 tarefas de memoria de trabalho propostas. Os resultados atestam as boas qualidades metricas do instrumento com 60.8% de variância explicada associada a um unico factor, que se identifica como o constructo �memoria de trabalho�. Os autores propoem, entao, novos estudos alargando a amostra e apreciando a relacao entre o desempenho nas tarefas construidas e a realizacao dos sujeitos em outros tarefas cognitivas e academicas, por exemplo.
espanolEste estudio analiza el rendimiento y la mejora en lectura y escritura en segundo ciclo de... more espanolEste estudio analiza el rendimiento y la mejora en lectura y escritura en segundo ciclo de Educacion Infantil, segun la edad y el sexo, tras el analisis de las propiedades psicometricas de pruebas destinadas a evaluar estos aprendizajes. 130 escolares de cuatro anos y 144 escolares de cinco anos (44.6% y 45.1% hombres y 55.4% y 54.9% mujeres, respectivamente), pertenecientes a colegios publicos (52.2%) y a colegios concertados (47,8%) y sin discapacidad fisica o psicologica, fueron evaluados mediante una prueba de Lectura y otra de Escritura integradas por las subpruebas Rendimiento en Exactitud Lectora, Comprension Lectora, Copia y Dictado. Se realizaron dos medidas de evaluacion (pretest y postest). La mayoria de los testlets que componen las pruebas presentan buena discriminacion y fiabilidad de las puntuaciones en el pretest y postest. Se encuentran diferencias asociadas a la edad pero no al sexo y una mejora en el postest en ambas edades similar en ninos y ninas. Los res...
Background: The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between Obsessive-Compulsive Di... more Background: The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) symptoms, disgust vulnerability, and the Five Factor Model (FFM) of personality. Method: The sample consisted of 100 adult patients with OCD as a primary diagnosis and 246 with other anxiety disorders (OADs), who responded to OCD, disgust vulnerability, anxiety, depression and personality questionnaires. To perform parametric statistical calculations, all questionnaire scores were transformed from raw ordinal-scale scores to Rasch measures, with interval properties. Results: OCD patients scored significantly higher than OAD patients on DPSS-R Disgust Sensitivity and DPSS-R Disgust Propensity, with a large effect size observed on Disgust Propensity. Furthermore, strong correlations were observed between DPSS-R Propensity to Disgust model scores and DOCS Contamination model scores. Finally, NEO FFI Conscientiousness trait was significantly higher in OCD patients.
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