Animal Verbal Fluency and Design Fluency in school-aged children: Effects of age, sex, and mean level of parental education, and regression-based normative data

The Animal Verbal Fluency (AVF) and Design Fluency (DF) structured and unstructured test versions were administered to N = 294 healthy native Dutch-speaking children who were aged between 6.56 and 15.85 years. The AVF and DF structured test scores increased linearly as a function of age, whilst the...

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Published in:Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology 2011-11, Vol.33 (9), p.1005-1015
Main Authors: Van der Elst, Wim, Hurks, Petra, Wassenberg, Renske, Meijs, Celeste, Jolles, Jelle
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Age Factors
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child Development - physiology
Continuous norms
Demographic influences
Educational Status
Executive functions
Female
Fluency development
Humans
Language
Linear Models
Male
Medical sciences
Neuropsychological Tests
Parent-Child Relations
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Reference Values
Sex Factors
Techniques and methods
Verbal Behavior - physiology
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Summary:The Animal Verbal Fluency (AVF) and Design Fluency (DF) structured and unstructured test versions were administered to N = 294 healthy native Dutch-speaking children who were aged between 6.56 and 15.85 years. The AVF and DF structured test scores increased linearly as a function of age, whilst the relation between age and the DF unstructured test score was curvilinear (i.e., the improvement in test scores was much more pronounced for younger children than for older children). A higher mean level of parental education was associated with significantly higher AVF and DF structured test scores. Sex was not associated with any of the outcomes. Demographically corrected norms for the AVF and DF tests were established, and an automatic scoring program was provided.
ISSN:1380-3395
1744-411X
DOI:10.1080/13803395.2011.589509