The use of variants of the trail making test in serial assessment: A construct validity study
The use of variants of the trail making test in serial assessment: A construct validity study
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DOI：
10.1177/0734282907301592
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发表时间：
2008-03-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Ryan, Jeanne P.
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作者：
Atkinson, Thomas M.;Ryan, Jeanne P.
研究人员对 162 名心理学本科生调查了三种追踪测试的结构效度。在为期 3 周的时间内，以六种可能的顺序进行了 Delis-Kaplan 执行功能系统的追踪测试、综合追踪测试和连接任务。使用验证性因素分析，二因素（测序、移位）模型被确定为数据的最佳拟合模型，作为单一和三因素（测序、移位、扫描）模型的替代模型。双因素结构在各组之间是不变的。潜在均值结构分析显示每个组的因子均值之间没有差异，这表明不存在顺序效应并支持三个检验的互换使用。该研究建议使用替代的、等效的任务来帮助消除与连续评估相关的实践的影响，并且应该在临床样本中复制。
The construct validity of three variants of the Trail Making Test was investigated using 162 undergraduate psychology students. During a 3-week period, the Trail Making Test of the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System, Comprehensive Trail Making Test, and Connections Task were administered in six possible orders. Using confirmatory factor analysis, a two-factor (sequencing, shifting) model was identified as the best fitting model for the data as an alternative to unitary and three-factor (sequencing, shifting, scanning) models. The two-factor structure was invariant across groups. A latent means structural analysis yielded no differences between the factor means for each of the groups, which indicates the absence of order effects and supports the interchangeable use of the three tests. The study proposes the use of alternate, equivalent tasks to help eliminate the effects of practice associated with serial assessment and should be replicated in a clinical sample.