Open AccessModal profiles for the Halstead-Reitan neuropsychological battery for children
Author(s) -
Ronald B. Livingston,
David Pritchard,
James A. Moses,
Ruth A. Haak,
Richard M. Marshall,
R. M. Gray
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
archives of clinical neuropsychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1873-5843
pISSN - 0887-6177
DOI - 10.1016/s0887-6177(96)00037-6
Subject(s) - typology , modal , neuropsychology , psychology , homogeneous , neuropsychological assessment , audiology , developmental psychology , cognition , medicine , mathematics , psychiatry , geography , chemistry , archaeology , combinatorics , polymer chemistry
Modal Profile Analysis was used to cluster students (aged 9 to 14 years) on 16 subtest scores from the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery for Children (HRNB-C). This analysis produced eight modal profile types, all of which were replicated in multiple samples. An initial attempt to establish external validity indicated that the modal groups display dissimilar patterns of performance on independent variables. The present typology is compared to similar typologies developed with adult neuropsychological data. In sum, the current classification system provided less coverage than the adult typologies, but produced more unique or homogeneous modal groups. Discussion focuses on potential clinical and research uses of the modal HRNB-C profiles.