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Original Articles

The Relationship Between Performance on the Gordon Diagnostic System and Other Measures of Attention

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Pages 35-45 | Received 01 Jan 1993, Accepted 01 Apr 1994, Published online: 24 Sep 2007
 

Abstract

Tests purporting to measure attention were administered to college students to examine their relationship to three relatively new tests of attention from the Gordon Diagnostic System (GDS). All subjects received the Standard Delay, Vigilance, and Distractibility Tests of the GDS. In addition, 69 of 136 subjects received the Digit Span, Arithmetic, and Digit Symbol subtests of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R). and Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test. After the GDS, the other 67 subjects received the Visual Span subtest of the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised (WMS-R), and the Stroop. Replication (across two studies) and gender influences were not evident on GDS performance. Performance data on this test for these 136 college students, collapsed across replication and gender, are presented. Although within-test correlations were strong, correlations between tests were weak. A ceiling effect on the Vigilance task may have effected its correlations with other tests. Results suggest that the GDS tasks are not substitutes for commonly used tests of attention, but may be useful as an additional source of information in the assessment of attention.

Des tests visant à mesurer l'attention ont été administrés aux étudiants de collège en vue d'examiner leurs relations par rapport aux trois tests d'attention relativement nouveaux de Gordon Diagnostic System (GDS). Tous les sujets ont reçu les Tests Standard Delay, Vigilance, et Distractibility du GDS. En outre, 69 des 136 sujets ont reçu les sous-tests Digit Span, Arithmetic, et Digit Symbol de Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R), et du Test Matching Familiar Figures de Kagan. Après le GDS. les autres 67 sujets ont reçu, le sous-test Visual Span de Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised (WMS-R). et le Stroop. La répétition des tests (à travers deux études) et le sexe des sujets n'ont apporté aucune variation dans le résultat du GDS. Le résultat des données de ce test administré aux 136 étudiants, combiné avec les variables répetition et sexe. est présenté. Měme si les corréations à l'intérieure d'un test sont fortes, entre les tests clles sont faibles. Un effet dc control sur la tǎche éffectuée par le Vigilance peut avoir influencé ses corrélations avec d'autres tests. Les résultats suggèrent que les fonctions réalisées par le GDS ne peuvent pas remplacer les autres tests d'attention généralement utilisés, mais qu'elles peuvent servir comme une source additionnelle d'information dans l'evaluation d'attention.

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