在高度逆境的情况下测量工作记忆:使用北基伍的数字跨度
Isabelle Blanchette1,2, Blaise Balume Bakulikira3, Marie-Chantal Ingabire1,2
1School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Laval University, Québec, Canada.
African journal of psychological assessment
|October 10, 2025
概括
简单的数字跨度测试有效地测量工作记忆 (WM) 在像刚果民主共和国东部这样的高逆境地区. 这些认知评估显示了与教育和日常运作的联系,在具有挑战性的环境中证明是有用的.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
背景情况:
- 执行功能,特别是工作记忆 (WM),对于各种生活结果至关重要.
- 在面临重大逆境,如冲突和自然灾害的贫困人口中,对WM评估的研究有限.
- 在这种高度不利的环境中,WM措施的适用性在很大程度上仍未被探索.
研究的目的:
- 评估简单的数字跨度测试的实用性和可用性,用于在高逆境环境中评估WM.
- 调查数字跨度表现,正规学校教育和其他认知措施之间的关系.
- 为了确定这个群体中数字跨度测量的测试-重新测试可靠性.
主要方法:
- 在刚果民主共和国的北基武进行了两项研究.
- 第一项研究涉及97名遭受武装冲突的国内流离失所者.
- 第二项研究包括火山爆发后的281名参与者,115人经过8周的时间重新进行了测试,使用前向和后向数字跨度测试.
主要成果:
- 数字跨度表现与教育成绩和日常认知技能 (如数学问题解决) 相相关.
- 评分也与自我报告的功能性认知障碍有关.
- 前进数字跨度得分在8周的时间内表现出良好的稳定性.
结论:
- 简单的数字跨度测量对于在经历高逆境的人群中评估工作记忆是有用的.
- 这些评估为在具有挑战性的环境中对认知功能提供了有价值的见解.
- 这些发现支持在受危机影响的地区使用数字跨度测试进行研究和潜在选.
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