Study on the Standardization of DE-Visual Sequential Memory Test(VSM) : Part II. Validity and Reliability of the DE-VSM in Primary School Children

P(論文)The purpose of this study is to elucidate the validity and reliability of the DE-VSM in primary school children. This test was developed by the authors' research group as one of the screening tests for neurological disorders such as mental retardation, epilepsy and minimal brain dysfunction syndrome in school children. The authors have already reported the standard value of DE-VSM by age and sex for the primary school children in part 1 of this study. In this paper (part 2), we studied the validity and reliability of DE-VSM. Subjects were 116 neuro-developmentally disordered school children (mental retardation 14, epilepsy 90, borderline 12), ranging from six to twelve years of age in M. Clinic. The following methods were employed 1. To examine the validity of this test. Correlations between the DE-VSM and the Intelligence test, DE-Bender Gestalt Test, DE -Motor Function Test (DEMT), and the subtest of visual sequential memory in ITPA were determined. 2. To examine the reliability of this test. Correlations between the score of the initial test and the re-test was determined. 3. Effectiveness of this test was examined by comparing with other CNS developmental indices using the Ibaraki Index. As a result of this study, we found that the DE-VSM has adequate validity and reliability.departmental bulletin pape