In Search of a Measure to Investigate Mental Performance among Children: Development of the Mental Speed Test

Autor/inn/en	Avci-Dogan, Gülsah; Akbulut, Yavuz; Sak, Ugur
Titel	In Search of a Measure to Investigate Mental Performance among Children: Development of the Mental Speed Test
Quelle	In: Infant and Child Development, 32 (2023) 4, (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Avci-Dogan, Gülsah)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1522-7227
DOI	10.1002/icd.2427
Schlagwörter	Test Construction; Young Children; Psychometrics; Cognitive Processes; Test Validity; Test Reliability; Gender Differences; Cognitive Ability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testaufbau; Frühe Kindheit; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Testvalidität; Testreliabilität; Geschlechterkonflikt; Denkfähigkeit
Abstract	Processing speed is a component of general intelligence and an indicator of learning potential. There is a need for robust measures of mental speed based on contemporary theoretical developments. The current study addressed this need by proposing a mental speed test for children aged 60 to 96 months (5 to 8 years) and examining its psychometric properties. The test included indicators of perceptual speed, memory speed, reasoning speed, and fluency-flexibility speed presented through nonverbal items administered individually using touchscreen tablets. After establishing gender non-bias and concurrent validity with a contemporary intelligence test (i.e., ASIS, r = 0.59) with 107 children, the next administration included 373 children. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with subtest scores revealed a single-factor structure accounting for 45% of the total variance. Additional data from 212 children were used to assess structural validity and gender bias, which showed acceptable goodness of fit, providing evidence of the validity and reliability of the new measure for further use. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01