在厄瓜多尔瓦兰卡少数民族人口中执行功能测试的规范性数据
María José Fierro Bósquez1,2, Laiene Olabarrieta-Landa1,3, Bryan R Christ4
1Department of Health Science, Public University of Navarre, Pamplona, Spain.
The Clinical neuropsychologist
|July 1, 2024
概括
为厄瓜多尔的瓦兰卡少数民族生成规范性数据 (ND) 是至关重要的. 使用非土著规范显著低估了这一群体的执行功能得分,突出了对文化特定评估的需求.
科学领域:
- 神经心理学 神经心理学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 跨文化心理学 跨文化心理学
背景情况:
- 执行功能对于认知发展和日常运作至关重要.
- 规范性数据 (ND) 对于准确解释神经心理测试成绩至关重要.
- 现有的ND往往不代表多样化的少数群体,可能导致误解.
研究的目的:
- 在厄瓜多尔的瓦兰卡少数民族中建立关键执行功能测试的规范性数据 (ND).
- 调查人口因素 (年龄,性别,教育,双语) 对该人口中的执行职能的影响.
- 为了比较瓦兰卡样本的表现,使用土著与非土著的ND.
主要方法:
- 400名瓦兰卡儿童和青少年 (6-17岁) 完成了符号数字模式测试 (SDMT),轨道制作测试 (TMT),修改威斯康星州卡片排序测试 (M-WCST) 和Stroop测试.
- 用多个线性回归来产生ND,将年龄,年龄平方,父母教育,性别和双语作为预测因素.
- 使用新生成的土著ND和现有的非土著规范进行比较来计算Z-score.
主要成果:
- 执行职能表现受到Waranka样本中的年龄,性别,父母教育和双语程度的显著影响.
- 年龄与家长教育,年龄与双语之间的相互作用在几个测试 (SDMT,TMT,Stroop,M-WCST) 中是显著的.
- 在瓦兰卡样本中,来自非土著规范的Z分数明显低于来自土著ND的Z分数.
结论:
- 在少数群体中制定文化特定的规范性数据对于精确的神经心理评估至关重要.
- 当使用非土著规范进行评估时,瓦兰卡样本的表现较差,这凸显了一般化数据的局限性.
- 这些发现凸显了认知和执行功能研究中对包容性和代表性规范性数据的关键需求.
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