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Comparisons among children's responses to the hand test by grade, race, sex, and social class
Author(s) -
Moran Joseph J.,
Carter Donald E.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(199109)47:5<647::aid-jclp2270470504>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , psychology , race (biology) , developmental psychology , social class , test (biology) , psychopathology , clinical psychology , demography , population , gender studies , paleontology , sociology , political science , law , biology
Four hundred sixty‐four children in grades K‐8 of an urban school were tested in order to develop norms, check for the presence of developmental trends, and compare the performance of different demographic groups on the Hand Test. Comparisons across grade, race, sex, and socioeconomic class indicated that separate norms for grades, but single norms for race, sex, and socioeconomic levels are appropriate for elementary school children. Discrepancies in the developmental trends raised concern about the validity of indices of psychopathology especially as they apply to children in grades K‐8.