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Predicting verbal fluency using Word Reading: Implications for premorbid functioning.

Andrew S Davis¹, W Holmes Finch¹, Christopher Drapeau¹

¹a Department of Educational Psychology , Ball State University , Muncie , IN , USA.

Applied Neuropsychology. Adult

|May 5, 2016

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Estimating premorbid verbal fluency from word reading tests is unreliable. Only phonemic fluency showed a weak link, while semantic fluency and set-shifting did not correlate with word reading scores.

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Background:

Word reading tests are validated for estimating premorbid intellectual functioning.
Estimating premorbid functioning in non-intellectual domains, like executive functions (verbal fluency), is less researched.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the relationship between word reading ability and verbal fluency in adult college students.
To determine if word reading scores can reliably estimate premorbid verbal fluency.

Main Methods:

41 adult college students completed the Word Reading subtest (WIAT-II) and the Verbal Fluency test (D-KEFS).
Path analysis was used to examine the relationships between variables.
Participants also completed the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition (WAIS-III).

Main Results:

A weak, statistically significant relationship was found only between Letter Fluency (phonemic fluency) and Word Reading.
Category Fluency (semantic fluency) and Category Switching showed no significant relationship with Word Reading.
Strong relationships were observed between Word Reading and WAIS-III scores (VIQ, PIQ, FSIQ).

Conclusions:

Caution is advised when using word reading measures to estimate premorbid verbal fluency.
Word reading ability is not a sufficient proxy for assessing premorbid verbal fluency, particularly semantic fluency and cognitive set-shifting.