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The discriminant validity of the stroop color and word test: Toward a cost‐effective strategy to distinguish subgroups of disruptive preadolescents
Author(s) -
Lavoie Marc E.,
Charlebois Pierre
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(199404)31:2<98::aid-pits2310310203>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - psychology , stroop effect , discriminant function analysis , discriminant validity , linear discriminant analysis , test validity , developmental psychology , test (biology) , clinical psychology , audiology , cognition , psychometrics , psychiatry , medicine , statistics , paleontology , mathematics , internal consistency , biology
The purpose of this study was to verify the discriminant validity of the Stroop Color and Word Test (SCWT) in screening between subgroups of disruptive children. Sixteen disruptive boys with symptoms of attention deficit (AD) were compared to a group of 16 disruptive boys without attention deficit (DIS) and to 16 controls (CO). A stepwise discriminant function analysis indicated that the AD group was significantly distinct (had a lower score) in comparison to the DIS and CO on the color‐word score. The AD group also showed more hesitations on the color‐word card than did controls. Implications for assessment of disruptive children with the SCWT in elementary schools are discussed.