We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Semantic Fluency and Phonemic Fluency: Regression-based Norms for the Portuguese Population.
- Authors
Cavaco, Sara; Gonçalves, Alexandra; Pinto, Cláudia; Almeida, Eduarda; Gomes, Filomena; Moreira, Inês; Fernandes, Joana; Teixeira-Pinto, Armando
- Abstract
The main goal of this study was to produce adjusted normative data for the Portuguese population on two verbal fluency measures: the semantic fluency test (animals category) and the phonemic fluency test (letters M, R, and P). The study included 950 community-dwelling individuals (624 women and 326 men) aged between 18 and 98 (mean = 57.8, SD = 19.0), who had educational backgrounds ranging from 0 to 20 years (mean = 8.8, SD = 5.2). The results showed that age and education were significantly associated with semantic fluency and phonemic fluency performance. These demographic characteristics accounted for 42% of the semantic fluency and between 23% and 31% of the phonemic fluency performance variance. No significant sex effects were found. The normative data are presented as regression-based algorithms to adjust test scores for age and education, with subsequent correspondence between adjusted scores and percentile distribution.
- Subjects
SEMANTICS; PHONEMICS; REGRESSION analysis; PORTUGUESE people; NORMATIVE theory (Communication); VERBAL behavior testing; EDUCATIONAL background
- Publication
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2013, Vol 28, Issue 3, p262
- ISSN
0887-6177
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/arclin/act001