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Embedded Figures Test performance before and after childbirth
Author(s) -
Woodfield Robert L.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1984.tb02791.x
Subject(s) - childbirth , psychology , test (biology) , significant difference , pregnancy , developmental psychology , medicine , paleontology , genetics , biology
Performance on the Embedded Figures Test was investigated before and after childbirth when biochemical changes are marked. Females comprising a first experimental group were tested in their 38th to 40th week of pregnancy. Their husbands who comprised a male control group were tested concurrently. The females were again tested in the sixth week following delivery. There was a significant ( P < 0·001) test‐retest difference in EFT scores. Testing of a second female experimental group, to investigate the possibility of a practice effect, indicated that a factor over and above the practice effect was operating in the scores of the first experimental group.