NEPSY-II: A Developmental Neuropsychological Assessment, Second Edition

Abstract

The NEPSY-II consists of 32 subtests for use in a neuropsychological assessment with preschoolers, children, and adolescents. This test review provides an overview of the NEPSY-II for clinicians and researchers, including descriptions of the subtests, changes from the original NEPSY, reliability and validity evidence, strengths, and limitations.

Keywords:

• NEPSY-II
• Test review
• Children
• Neuropsychology
• Adolescents

Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank Helen Carlson, PhD, for her assistance with manuscript preparation and Pearson Assessment (The Psychological Corporation) for providing us with the materials necessary to independently review the NEPSY-II.

Notes

¹Unfortunately, psychometric evidence to support this position is not presented in the NEPSY-II Clinical and Interpretive Manual.

²For the purpose of this review, correlations are classified as negligible (r < .10), small (r = .10 – .29), medium (r = .30 – .49), and large (r = .50 – 1.0).

³Subtests administered included: Animal Sorting; Auditory Attention and Response Set; Clocks; Inhibition; Statue; Comprehension of Instructions; Phonological Processing; Speeded Naming; Memory for Designs; Memory for Faces; Narrative Memory; Sentence Repetition; Word List Interference; Fingertip Tapping; Visuomotor Precision; Affect Recognition; Theory of Mind; Arrows; Block Construction; Design Copying; Geometric Puzzles; and Picture Puzzles. Some subtests were not administered to all clinical groups. For example, Statue was only administered to the Language Disorder group.